Temple U Class Work
Week 1 – Warm-up and conditioning exercises, how to make a fist, stances, punching, blocking.
Week 2 – Kicks: front, side, roundhouse, back and crescent. Beginning kata.
Week 3 – Punching and blocking combinations, and kata.
Week 4 – Kicking, punching and blocking combinations, and kata.
Week 5 – Elbow and knee strikes and kata
Week 6 – Self-defense techniques and kata
Week 7 – Continue self-defense techniques and kata
Week 8 – Review last 7 weeks; Test: 20 – pushups, 20 – sit-ups, 10 – punches, 10 – kicks, blocks – 10 each: high, middle, and low and kata 

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese proverb

 

Watch as 10th Dan KanazawaSan demonstrates first kata Heian Shodan (twice). Click arrow to run:

 

 

Here is second kata, Heian Nidan, demonstrated first quickly, then again slowly step by step:

 

 

Third kata, Heian Sandan:

 

 

Fourth kata, Heian Yondan:

 

 

Fifth kata, Heian Godan

 

 

In Shotokan Karate, after the first five Heian katas, come the Tekki katas.
Here is first Tekki, Tekki Shodan, by OSensei Gichin Funakoshi, recorded 1924:

 

 

Second Tekki, Tekki Nidan, 1924 recording of O-Funakoshi San (the very honorable Gichin Funakoshi):

 

 

Here is Tekki Nidan again, by KanazawaSan:

 

 

Third Tekki kata, Tekki Sandan:

 

 

More Classes With Sensei Paul
- Self Defense. Sensei Paul also teaches Self Defense. What a great class. Click to see the Self Defense syllabus

- Home Repair and Home Repair GREEN. Not only is Sensei Paul Plevakas an experienced and gentle martial arts teacher, he is a licensed general contractor, and member of NARI - National Association of Remodeling Industry. Take his fun, hands-on Home Repair Class.Click here for class schedules and here for the Home Repair class syllabus. Private home repair coaching also available www.PaulPlevakas.com

 

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