Shotokan Exercise Three Stance Combination

A simple shotokan karate exercise utilising three stances. Starting in kiba dachi with a left tate shuto, drive off the right leg and turn 45 degrees and perform a right arm gyaku zuki (reverse punch). Then strongly pull the right hip and body back at the same time as you pull the right gyaku zuki arm back. Then perform a left choku zuki (straight punch) in Kiba dachi (horse riding stance), immediately followed by a right choku zuki. Next, drive off from the left leg and turn 45 degrees and perform a left arm gyaku zuki (reverse punch). Then strongly pull the left hip and body back at the same time as you pull the left gyaku zuki arm back. Then perform a right choku zuki (straight punch) in Kiba dachi (horse riding stance), immediately followed by a left choku zuki. Then pull the left hip and left side of the body back as you perform a left shuto uke (knife hand block) in Kokutsu dachi (back stance), immediately start to pull the right hip and right side of the body back as you perform a right shuto uke (knife hand block) in Kokutsu dachi (back stance). Slowly return back to the starting position with a left tate shuto in kiba dachi, then repeat the exercise.

Karate kata bassai dai

Bassai dai, an intermediate brown belt kata, used by many shotokan karateka, to not only grade through the brown belt ranks, but also used for shodan (1st dan) grading exams.

The shotokan bassai contains many unique turns and karate moves, and to done correctly, require tremendous agility ad skill.

Watching the likes of the great shotokan masters, like Sensei Enoeda, kanazawa, Yahara, Osaka, etc, it soon becomes clear, when you yourself try to replicate their kata, how skillful and precise these masters are. Well, just mentioning these great masters, inspires me to get practicing.

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