mudansha Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 I am testing for SanKyu (Brown Belt) on Saturday.... I will have to know:Taekyoku 1-5Heian 1-5Tekki ShodanKihon Ippon Jodan 1-5 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Chudan 1-5 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Gedan 1-5 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Round Kick 1-2 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Side Thrust 1-2 (both sides)SanBon Kumite 1-3 (both sides)And then the beloved Kumite.....Wish me luck! Just think: 1.5 years and I may have to change my name from Mudansha, to Yudansha! Way of Japan Karate Do Bakersfield, Ca. USA
ShawnJ Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 Much luck In theatre, we say "break a leg"...but I'm not sure it's appropriate here. lolWhat style do you practice? Shodan in Shorin-Ryu USA
Chitsu Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 I am testing for SanKyu (Brown Belt) on Saturday.... I will have to know:Taekyoku 1-5Heian 1-5Tekki ShodanKihon Ippon Jodan 1-5 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Chudan 1-5 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Gedan 1-5 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Round Kick 1-2 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Side Thrust 1-2 (both sides)SanBon Kumite 1-3 (both sides)And then the beloved Kumite.....Wish me luck! Just think: 1.5 years and I may have to change my name from Mudansha, to Yudansha!No Ido Kihon?Chitsu look at the moon, not my finger.
mudansha Posted February 20, 2010 Author Posted February 20, 2010 Much luck In theatre, we say "break a leg"...but I'm not sure it's appropriate here. lolWhat style do you practice?I practice Shotokan... we are affiliated with SKII am testing for SanKyu (Brown Belt) on Saturday.... I will have to know:Taekyoku 1-5Heian 1-5Tekki ShodanKihon Ippon Jodan 1-5 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Chudan 1-5 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Gedan 1-5 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Round Kick 1-2 (both sides)Kihon Ippon Side Thrust 1-2 (both sides)SanBon Kumite 1-3 (both sides)And then the beloved Kumite.....Wish me luck! Just think: 1.5 years and I may have to change my name from Mudansha, to Yudansha!No Ido Kihon?Chitsu Way of Japan Karate Do Bakersfield, Ca. USA
ps1 Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 Good luck and enjoy yourself. "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenius."
Blade96 Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 all good wishes from me to you for that test. From one shotokanka to another. =] Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.You don't have to blow out someone else's candle in order to let your own flame shine.
Fearun9033 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Good luck!!! Just out of curiosity, I've never heard of the Taekyoku katas. Maybe SKI is different from JKA, but my dojo requires at least Bassai Dai for brown belt.Either way, ace that test! Blog! =D http://www.movingworlds.angelthesis.com/
ps1 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Good luck!!! Just out of curiosity, I've never heard of the Taekyoku katas. Maybe SKI is different from JKA, but my dojo requires at least Bassai Dai for brown belt.Either way, ace that test!If you pick up a copy of Funakoshi's Karate Do Kyohan you will see that the Taikyoku kata are the first he recommends learning. I'd be shocked to see the JKA does not include them in the curriculum. "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenius."
Fearun9033 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 I did my research about these basic katas and you are right. I apologize for my ignorance, but allow me to explain:When I first started, it was in a college required gym class so it wasn't super serious or like a dojo, that's how I got my yellow belt (though it was more of a symbolic yellow belt for feel good). When I started liking karate and decided to pursue with a real dojo, I already had my yellow belt and knew Heian Shodan so my sensei must've assumed we know those basic ones (he was also angry at how bad my technique was for a yellow belt hahaha).From what I see, Taikyoku Shodan is much like a watered down version of Heian Shodan and has never been part of any exam requirements with JKA. Heian Shodan is the most basic kata we need to know. Blog! =D http://www.movingworlds.angelthesis.com/
Blade96 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 for us like Taikyoku kata taikyoku shodan is a 9th kyu kata, that we were taught before we learned heian shodan. Of course it wasnt called taikyoku by our senseis but that was it, they just called it 'basic white belt kata' Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.You don't have to blow out someone else's candle in order to let your own flame shine.
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