Tomari bassai videos international hayashiha shito. The book, on a didactic basis, supports the reader by providing tips for tactics, principles and additional. This volume 9, covers the proper sequence of shotokan karate kata bassai sho, kanku sho, and chinte. In the first movement, while preparing to step in to take care of a frontal attack, push aside the attack coming from the rear with both palmheels placed. In his 1922 book, gichin funakoshi names the form passai. It is obviously big on the tournament scene, but also a fun kata for the majority of black belt students. Bassai sho video, applications and general discussion. It requires a certain degree of athleticism, but dont neglect its interesting bunkai.
While there are overall similarities in the structure, and indeed some identical moves, bassai sho has quite a different feel to bassai dai, emphasising balance and quick turning moves, as opposed to the power of the latter. Many other shotokan dojo have added taikyoku shodan to the jka list, which gives us the 27 kata below. It was filmed during a two day seminar in dresden, germany in april 2015. It will challenge you in balance, core stability and with its bunkai against.
I also know of nobody who cites it as their least favourite kata. There may be differences between the taekwondo version and the karate version of this form. Wangs treatise, the lost book of kushanku was taken to okinawa and served as the first karate syllabus. Kanku dai, kanku sho and the heian katas and the various tai chi styles yang, chen. Bassai sho has been introduced by itosu, it has been reported as containing techniques for defense against a long stick.
The most obvious observation, when watching these katas, is the fact they move in a straight line. Price new from used from paperback, 1982 please retry paperback. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Bassai sho is the minor form of the two shotokan katas developed from the kata originally known as passai. When kanazawa hirokazu formed his own ski organisation after being expelled from the jka, he decided to change the names around as he felt that the smaller, more subtle kata deserved the sho designation so that the. Heian shodan, please visit black belt wikis main shotokan karate katas section. It is difficult to pin point the origin or with any certainty, to describe the evolution of the many katas which are practiced in dojos around the world today.
It is a great kata with a lot of technical points that should be. This video looks at the bunkai for the beginning of bassaisho shotokan version. The katas taught in this great book are middle black belt level kata and should not be practiced until one has. Its important to get a good feeling for the blocks and stay well connected to the ground while blocking. In that book all 5 of the heian pinan kata are examined in detail from the solo performance of each kata, to the two person bunkai sequences.
This dvd, over an hour in length, features john burke sensei demonstrating the moves and the applications to this black belt kata on ross chesterton sensei. Like many forms in traditional taekwondo, bassai also known as palsek came to taekwondo by way of karate. Kata kion, heian shodan, heian nidan, heian sandan, heian. This very old kata can teach us agility, hip movements, strength and the change from fast to slow techniques. Bassai is one of the most important kata in the shoto ryu family. In tsd, however, we view these forms to be characterized by the snake. Bassaisho commentary video shotokan sensei the online. Kanku sho is a great kata for the advanced student as it has a lot of different techniques within the kata.
Etymology when looking at bassai, we will begin with the name. Bassai sho should be practiced after mastering bassai dai. Even today, many thousands of shotokan dojo practice these 26 kata only leaving out 1. In class, everyone had their own input from doing the entire kata with a bo staff, to blocking a bo, to even some jujitsu style application. Nakaima kenri, the founder of ryueiryu, introduced this kata when he returned to okinawa from fuzhou, where he studied under the legendary fujian martial arts master, ru ru kou. Complete series of shito ryu kata book 1 budovideos inc. Fully described and illustrated in this volume are the widely practiced bassal and kanku kata from the jfa recommended group. Moving on to bassai sho at black belt level, the kata is far different. Kata kion, heian shodan, heian nidan, heian sandan, heian yondan, heian godan, tekki shodan, bassaidai, kankudai, empi, jion, hangetsu, bassaisho.
An explanation of the different moves in the kata bassaidai with a step. The seminar covered bunkai for the whole of bassaidai and bassaisho. The commentary accompanying the book suggested that goju ryu forms like sanchin. Passai in okinawan styles and bassai in japanese styles. The second of the two katas in the bassai series bassai sho follows a similar embusen line of attack as bassai dai but it is shorter in length.
Contents heian shodan heian nidan heian sandan heian yondan heian godan naifanchi shodan bassai dai seienchin language. Bassai dai as well as jitte also teach a certain power that can be. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Nevertheless, this short bunkai uses the larger movements of the kata, allowing us to practice the outward power of each technique.
It has punches, blocks, kicks, strikes, jumps, multiple direction changes and several. This traditional taekwondo form is also used in shotokan karate. The applications presented here, strictly adhering to the kata sequences, offer the reader the possibility to attain exact and comprehensive interpretations of the complex higherlevel kata. The precise meaning of kankusho means viewing the sky or viewing. This kata teaches a certain calmness and settledness in its techniques. There are slow moves, strange hand formations, circular blocks with strikes, and a very strange ending to the kata. Nijushiho commentary on the shotokan sensei youtube channel. This form is a modified version of what is typically taught in various okinawan ryu. Bassai, kanku by masatoshi nakayama, 97808701833, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. If you practice other shotokan or non shotokan kata, please let us know. Regarding the problem of the original contents of the kata, the personal independence of each contestant shall, by and large, be respected. In this video we look at bunkai for the closing motions of bassaisho shotokan version. Nov 18, 2015 this pin was discovered by keagan tipton.
This kata introduces several new techniques such as a nijodanshitazuki double inverted upper level punch, a chudantsukamiuke. Kiyuna ryo this majestic kata comes to us from the once secret family style of karate known as ryueiryu. The kata are executed as a specified series of approximately 20 to. Bassaisho is an advanced shotokan kata and is the sister kata to bassaidai. In the following i try to explain this idea with some photos, although i dont know very well the bo techniques and my bo positions can be. Among karate researchers, it is thought that the inspiration of both bassai dai and sho is chinese leopard or tiger boxing. See more ideas about karate, karate kata and martial arts. Bassai sho was created by master itosu and means storming the fortress lesser, as bassai dai was greater, sho comes from dai, of course not meaning of lesser importance. The moves the kata exercises the following moves and stances, in sequence, and takes around 1.
Many early karate authors split the kata into shorin ryu and shorei ryu, usually with some spurious explanation like shorin is for thin quick people, shorei is for slower stronger people but this definition aside, empi, kanku and bassai are almost always referred to as shorin ryu, while the more goju ryu looking forms like tekki and. Some styles practice two versions of this kata, within their. The kata focus on the idea of changing disadvantage into advantage by strong and courageous response, switching blocks and differing degrees of power. The most popular image associated with kata is that of a karate practitioner performing a series of punches and kicks in the air. The feeling of kata should be precise, with fast execution of technique and attention given to appropriate balance between speed and power. But what about the heian, bassai, tekki and kanku forms. Karate kagami notes on the kata kankusho garen ewing. Bassai sho penetrating or capturing the fortress small.
Quote from the book of five rings written by the most honored and prevalent of all. Kushanku and channan therefore kanku dai, kanku sho and the heian katas and the various tai chi styles yang, chen, wu, sun were derived from the chang quan and bazi quan systems and the writings of wang zong yue and general qi. Bassai thrust asunder, penetrating a fortress, remove an obstruction. There are several variations of these kata, including passai sho or. Just as bassaidai finishes with throws, so does bassaisho.
This video demonstrates and explains each move of the kata stepbystep in detail. Unsu commentary unsu is without doubt a classic shotokan kata. A fortyfive degree angle is taken in relationship to the enemy which is why the move is at that angle in the kata as the forearm hits the neck. The karate kata developed by karate master matsumurasoken. There are several variations of these kata, including passai sho or minor passai and passai dai or major passai. The katas taught in this great book are middle black belt level kata and should not be practiced until one has learned hein 1,2,3,4,5, tekki shodan, nidan, sandan, bassai dai. Because kata is composed of a certain assumption, katachi, a form, shall be created as a result of this process. Practised within the shorinryu schools of okinawan karate.