The Tekkis

[cathal]

Hey all,

I'm wondering if anyone has links to some analysis and/or bunkai on these kata. I have the moves down, and have plenty of videos, but I'm interested in what others have to say about them.

As not all styles perform this kata, here are a few links:

http://www.ucc.ie/karate/Tekki%20Shodan.jpg Tekki Shodan

http://skkp8.samuraj-cz.com/grafika/kata/Tekki%20Nidan.gif Tekki Nidan

http://home7.swipnet.se/~w-72482/tekki_sandan.jpg Tekki Sandan

Thank you

Edit: Fixed the links

Edited May 4, 2006 by cathal

[armanox]

Looking at the pic for the first kata it is definatly a variant of Naihanchi Shodan, a kata common to all Okinawan based karate and Shotokan. Given the counting, I would say the next two (links broken) are Nidan and Sandan respectively. The application is quite simple and effective, but hard to explain w/o a visual. I can try to make one.

[armanox]

I would also point at that it's a good conditioning kata, and for verification of stances. http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/011/003/b_011e.wvx

[P.A.L]

we practice the application of Naihanchi in 45' .

[palatoss]

Tekki is a Shotokan version of Naihanchi. I do Shotokan myself and have been training Tekki Shodan quite a lot this spring. However, I haven't done any bunkai for it, just the movements. I know that there is a lot of nasty bunkai for Tekki katas, some people consider them an "application goldmine".

In Shotokan you stand in a wide kibadachi stance during the kata. The stance should be strong and stable and shouldn't collapse at any point. If I compare Shotokan Tekki to the one those Okinawan Senseis in the video are doing, I think that the major difference comes from the kibadachi stance. Those Okinawan guys use their hips very strongly. Shotokan kibadachi is much wider and because of this, you cannot use your hips much. In fact, if you use twist your hips in Shotokan Tekki, you are doing it wrong. The hand movements in Naihanchi Shodan and Tekki Shodan are quite similar.

[palatoss]

Here is a site with some Tekki bunkai videos:

http://www.budostudienkreis.de/Video/VidUbers.htm

[cathal]

Thank you for your input everyone.