angel Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 I learned another one Heian Nidan Angel YELLOW BELT Shotokan Karate Ka 5th KyuTurkeyKarate is for Self Defense not Offense
superleeds Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 we learned some kihon katas but they are not proper katas for some reason...with the kihons i would estimate that i learned 4 katas at my first semester.. Read a book!
Rick E. Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 (edited) dfg Edited January 8, 2004 by Rick E.
Guest Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 My school practices Taikyokus ich, ni and san, and wansu (Unsu for you japanese folks) during the white belt levels. There are three white belt levels at my school.
renketsu Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 eek - unsu (Wansu) for whitebelts - wow! How complicated would you rate this kata for the various white belts (I assume you mean up to 7th kyu by three levels) and do most students manage this kata well? Unsu is seen as a 2nd/3rd dan kata (in our shotokan group anyway) as it is pretty complicated and needs tremendous agility for the spinning jump thingy! White belts with us only tend to go as far as one kata above their grading kata unless they have prior experience (in Shotokan or other arts) in which case sometimes 2 or 3 above their grading kata - depending on how quickly they can pick the kata up to a sufficient degree. Andy. Andy Wilkinson (Sandan)Renketsu Karate Club Senior Instructor(http://www.renketsu.org.uk)
Practise is the Key Posted September 12, 2003 Posted September 12, 2003 2 and nearly 3 I am still training however, having dabbled in Shotokan and Shotokai Karate. I am please to report that Kenshukai is one of the strongest and most disciplined styles ( i did not write this)
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