"The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants." -- Gichin Funakoshi

Friday, December 15, 2006

Tekki Sho

Constructive criticism is welcome, but please don't just say "you suck."


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very cool! This looks almost exactly like a kata we do called Nai Hanchi Shodan. There are just a few differences. Maybe I'll post it some day so you can see it. . . when all the Christmas colds clear up at my house.

Becky G said...

Very cool. In Isshinryu, we call this kata Niahanchi. It is the third kata we learn--after seisan and seiunchin.

BWTKD said...

I applaud you for putting your self up on the web for public comment.

I am not a Karate stylist, but my 2 cents are that you are not yet confident with all the techniques yet. I would start putting in a lot of reps on the form to make it second nature.

I have just posted a video on my blog of my Korean Grandmaster performing what I think is this same form back in the mid 1960's. If any of the Karate folks would take a look and tell me if it is the same form, I would appreciate it.

http://bwtkd.blogspot.com

thanks, and happy new year!
Gordon