Monday, 2 May 2011

Some notes on Kankû Shô

Tora Jo dôjô: Supplementary materials for kata training - дополнительные материалы для тренировки по ката: Kankû Shô

Please remember: none of videos and books can replace a practice in dôjô!

I provide the names of techniques as well as their numbers according to the book of Nakayama Masatoshi "Best Karate. Vol. 9. Bassai Shô, Kankû Shô, Chinte". Kodansha International, 1987. If some other names are used, then the source is provided.

4b. migi maeude hineri - hips are in shomen. The application for this technique is the release from a wrist grip. Thus, don't use your arm only to break the grip, use your hips too.

5b. hidari maeude hineri - see notes for 4b.

7. migi shô tsukamu uke, hidari shô migi tekubi o tsukami - hips are in shomen.

9. migi uraken jôdan tate mawashi uchi, hidari ken hidari koshi - don't jump high, but move horizontally.

12. migi ken migi yoko chûdan uchi uke, hidari ken zenpô gedan barai - make correct uchi uke, stop it opposite to your right shoulder, don't pull it further.

15. see notes to 7.

17. see notes to 9.

21. see notes to 12.

34. see notes to 7.

41. fuse no shisei - don't look down, look forward.

I will update this list further, adding some more notes. Please watch the announcement list above!

I sincerely hope that this will help you to perfect the kata further. Osu!

Some notes on Bassai Shô

Tora Jo dôjô: Supplementary materials for kata training - дополнительные материалы для тренировки по ката: Bassai Shô

I provide the names of techniques as well as their numbers according to the book of Nakayama Masatoshi "Best Karate. Vol. 9. Bassai Shô, Kankû Shô, Chinte". Kodansha International, 1987. If some other names are used, then the source is provided.

1a-1b. ryô shô de kôhô o harau; ryô shô jôdan yoko barai - don't jump high, but move horizontally.

2a-2b. migi shô hitai mae ni kazasu, hidari shô hidari koshi mae; hidari te hidari kata mae, migi shô migi kata ue - for a better understanding, practice against a partner with bo (jô, or any suitable stick), like we did in dôjô.

3a. migi maeude gedan sukui uke - don't bend too much, while blocking.

16. ryo shô tsukami uke - hips are in gyaku hanmi.

20b, 23, 25. migi ken migi yoko chûdan zuki (tsuki uke), hidari ken migi yoko chûdan zuki - left punch is chûdan zuki, not kagi zuki.

24. hidari ken hidari yoko chûdan zuki (tsuki uke), migi ken hidari yoko chûdan zuki - right punch is chûdan zuki, not kagi zuki.

26. hidari shô chûdan tsukami uke, migi shô gedan tsukami uke - there are several versions of this technique. I consider none to be wrong, as long as 1) the principles behind the techniques are not violated (nothing should be additionally invented) and 2) student knows the application of the version he/she performs.

27. migi shô chûdan tsukami yose, hidari shô gedan tsukami yose - see notes for 26.

I will update this list further, adding some more notes. Please watch the announcement list above!

I sincerely hope that this will help you to perfect the kata further. Osu!

Supplementary materials for kata training - дополнительные материалы для тренировки по ката: Chinte

Please remember: none of videos and books can replace a practice in dôjô!

Chinte (珍手) - "Rare (extraordinary) Hand" ("Редкая (выдающаяся) рука"). Sometimes translated also as "Strange Hand" ("Странная рука") or "Unusual Hand" ("Необычная рука").

Chinte is believed to be a Shuri Te kata. Funakoshi Gichin Sensei tried to rename this kata as Shôin, but the new name didn't stay.

Chinte features unusual hand techniques (which explain the name of the kata) and only one kick.

And, yes! Three hops at the end! I have seen three explanations:
1) three hops are the traces of some lost techniques;
2) the application is holding an opponent's arm and moving back to break his wrist (I will show this application during the training);
3) these three hops were added in order to return to a starting point (this one sounds strange to me).

Tora Jo dôjô: Some notes on Chinte

Books:
Nakayama Masatoshi "Best Karate. Vol. 9. Bassai Shô, Kankû Shô, Chinte"
Hirokazu Kanazawa "Shotokan Karate International Kata (Vol. 2)"
Fiore Tartaglia "Shôtôkan-Kata ab dem Schwarzgurt"

Internet:
THE SHOTOKAN WAY – The Online Shotokan Karate Magazine: Chinte

Videos:
Chinte performed by Mori Masataka in the "JKA 21 Shotokan Kata" film

Sunday, 1 May 2011

Kata Training am Freitag - Kata training on Friday - Тренировка по ката в пятницу: 06.05.2011, 20 Uhr, Freiburg dôjô (Merianschule‏)

Thema des Kata Training am Freitag, 06.05.2011, um 20 Uhr (Merianschule): Chinte! Jeder, die Kata erinnern oder neu erlernen möchte, ist herzlich willkommen. Osu!

Topic of Kata training on Friday, 06.05.2011, at 20:00 (Merianschule): Chinte! Everyone, who want to recall the kata or to learn it, is welcome. Osu!

Тема тренировки по ката в пятницу, 06.05.2011, в 20:00 (Merianschule): Chinte! Приглашаю желающих вспомнить или выучить ката потренироваться вместе. Осу!

Tora Jo dôjô: Supplementary materials for kata training - дополнительные материалы для тренировки по ката: Chinte

A small text on important points and common errors in Chinte will be provided after the Friday kata keiko.

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Kein Kata Training am diesen Freitag (22.04.2011) und am nächsten Freitag (29.04.2011) um 20 Uhr (Freiburg dôjô (Merianschule‏))!

Am diesen Freitag, 22.04.2011, und am nächsten Freitag, 29.04.2011, es gibt kein Kata Training um 20 Uhr! Das nächste Kata Training ist am Freitag, 06.05.2011. Osu!

On this Friday, 22.04.2011, and on next Friday, 29.04.2011, there is no kata training at 20:00! Next kata training is on Friday, 06.05.2011. Osu!

В эту пятницу, 22.04.2011, и в следующую пятницу, 29.04.2011, не будет тренировки по ката в 20:00! Следующая тренировка по ката состоится в пятницу, 06.05.2011. Осу!

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Kata Training am Freitag - Kata training on Friday - Тренировка по ката в пятницу: 15.04.2011, 20 Uhr, Freiburg dôjô (Merianschule‏)

Thema des Kata Training am Freitag, 15.04.2011, um 20 Uhr (Merianschule): Kankû Shô! Jeder, die Kata erinnern oder neu erlernen möchte, ist herzlich willkommen. Osu!

Topic of Kata training on Friday, 15.04.2011, at 20:00 (Merianschule): Kankû Shô! Everyone, who want to recall the kata or to learn it, is welcome. Osu!

Тема тренировки по ката в пятницу, 15.04.2011, в 20:00 (Merianschule): Kankû Shô! Приглашаю желающих вспомнить или выучить ката потренироваться вместе. Осу!

Tora Jo dôjô: Supplementary materials for kata training - дополнительные материалы для тренировки по ката: Kankû Shô

Tora Jo dôjô: Some notes on Kankû Shô

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Kein Kata Training am diesen Freitag (08.04.2011) um 20 Uhr (Freiburg dôjô (Merianschule‏))!

Am diesen Freitag, 08.04.2011, es gibt kein Kata Training um 20 Uhr! Das nächste Kata Training ist am nächsten Freitag, 15.04.2011. Osu!

On this Friday, 08.04.2011, there is no kata training at 20:00! Next kata training is on next Friday, 15.04.2011. Osu!

В эту пятницу, 08.04.2011, не будет тренировки по ката в 20:00! Следующая тренировка по ката состоится в следующую пятницу, 15.04.2011. Осу!