This is the first kata for Goju-Ryu Karate. The meaning of Gekisai Dai Ichi is “Attack & Destroy One”. For details on other Goju-Ryu Karate katas, please visit Black Belt Wiki’s main Goju-Ryu Katas section. Written instructions for this kata are provided below the kata videos. There are 12 official “core” katas for Goju-Ryu. This page will help you to learn Isshin-Ryu Kata – Seiunchin (or Isshin-Ryu Kata 2). For other Isshin-Ryu Karate katas, please visit the main Isshin-Ryu Karate Kata section. However, if you have any questions about a particular kata movement, please check with your instructor because kata instructions and the order of katas can vary by school Enshin Kaikan (Enshin Karate) is a style of full-contact Karate created by 1978 All-Japan Tournament champion Joko Ninomiya in 1988. The style is an offshoot of Ashihara Kaikan, itself an offshoot of Kyokushin. As a result of its lineage, Enshin contains all the striking techniques of Kyokushin, but differs due to its inclusion of Judo -styled This kata is also known as Sanseru. The name of this Goju-Ryu kata means “Thirty Six Hands”. There are 12 official “core” katas for Goju-Ryu. However, the Sanchin kata is occasionally separated into two katas by some schools. Therefore, people are sometimes confused and think there are 13 Goju-Ryu katas. In addition, some Goju-Ryu Naha-Te, Shorei-Ryu, and Goju-Ryu. It was the Okinawan Kanryo Higaonna (1853-1916) who, through his intensive studies in Fuzhou or Foochow (Fujian, China) between 1867 and 1881, laid the foundation of what later would become known as Goju-Ryu karate-do. Kanryo (known as Machu during boyhood) set sail for Fuzhou in the autumn of 1867, when he First Basic Kata. List of Main Wado-Ryu Karate Katas – Videos and/or written kata instructions. Pinan Nidan. Pinan Shodan. Pinan Sandan. Pinan Yondan. Pinan Godan. Kushanku. Naihanchi. .

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