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1. I've deliberately omitted a great many of the important nuances. The fine details of the katas may change pretty often,
and they may even differ between dojos (that's my own assumption), but the broad strokes outlined below should, pretty much,
stay the same. Remember, your sensei will tell you how to do the kata. After you think you've got it down pat, he'll come
along, telling you about the little nuances. Then he'll come along correcting stances that you thought you must have perfected
by now! It's all part of karate. LOL
2. You'll notice that a lot of what's written here is not in English. You'll need to learn the terminology eventually.
I figure that if, while trying to refresh your memory on your katas, you have to check out what a particular phrase means
often enough, you'll learn what that phrase means. I've found a number of excellent web sites outlining the basic terminology.
Links are provided below.
Start: Yoi: Musubi dachi, hands together, palms down, left over right, at belt level
1. Step forward slightly with
right foot. Look left.
2. Pivot to left into hidari sanchin dachi, blocking hidari jodan uki
3. Step forward migi
sanchin dachi, punching migi jodan zuki
4. Step straight back into shiko dachi, looking left, blocking hidari gedan uki
(fist stops above the knee)
5. Turn right, dragging the left foot into migi sanchin dachi, blocking migi jodan uki
6.
Step forward into hidari sanchin dachi, punching hidari jodan zuki
7. Step straight back into shiko dachi, looking right,
blocking migi gedan uki (fist stops above the knee)
8. Look forward, step forward into hidari sanchin dachi, blocking
hidari chudan uki
9. Step forward into migi sanchin dachi, blocking migi chudan uki
10. Kick hidari mai geri, stepping
down into hidari zenkutsu dachi while simultaneously striking hidari hiji uchi
11. Strike hidari uraken, block hidari
gedan uki, punch migi chudan gyaku zuki <KIAI!>
12. Turn right, sweeping migi ahi barai and striking migi shuto
uchi
13. Step right into hidari sanchin dachi, blocking hidari chudan uki
14. Kick migi mai geri, stepping down into
migi zenkutsu dachi while simultaneously striking migi hiji uchi
15. Strike migi uraken, block migi gedan uki, punch hidari
chudan gyaku zuki <KIAI!>
16. Turn left, sweeping hidari ashi barai And striking hidari shuto uchi
17. Step
back into migi zenkutsu dachi, chambering right fist palm up, left fist palm down
18. Punch awase zuki, right fist low,
left fist high (fists about 1 fist apart on the vertical axis)
19. Step forward, both feet together, block hidari chudan
uki, step back into hidari zenkutsu dachi, chambering right fist palm down, left fist palm up
20. Punch awase zuki right
fist up, left fist low (fists about 1 fist apart on the vertical axis)
21. Step forward to musubi dachi (with knees bent),
open left fist, rotate right fist and place it in left fist
22. Straighten knees, twisting hands so that the left hand
(open) is on top of the right fist (closed), both palm down, in front of the belt
23. Open right hand
24. Hands to
sides and bow
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