Sho-ju Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 I've been using tekko for kata a while now and found shotokan's/Yoshita's Wankan an excellent place to start. Anyone else try it? OSU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G95champ Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I do Wankan (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyte Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I've been using tekko for kata a while now and found shotokan's/Yoshita's Wankan an excellent place to start. Anyone else try it? OSU!What is tekko and why is Shotokan Wankan an excellent place to start ? "Practising karate means a lifetime of hard work."~Gichin Funakoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho-ju Posted April 20, 2005 Author Share Posted April 20, 2005 This is a picture of tekko. http://www.ryukyu-kobudo.com/images/Weapon_images/tekko.jpgWankan has short powerful movements that are excellent for tekko waza, and I found movements 5 and 6 (according to some charts) to be ideal for tekko, similar to some of the movements in Maezato no tekko. So as a stepping stone into a harder tekko kata, Wankan works well and we are now teaching it before Maezato no tekko. http://www.karatedo.free.fr/kata/planche/wankan.gif[/img]Any other kata you'd suggest that work well with tekko? sj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G95champ Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 what is that? (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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