Sho-ju Posted April 18, 2005 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!
G95champ Posted April 20, 2005 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."
Gyte Posted April 20, 2005 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
Sho-ju Posted April 20, 2005 Author 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
G95champ Posted April 21, 2005 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."
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