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Kanku Dai - Shotokan Karate

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The most popular image associated with kata is that of a karate practitioner performing a series of punches and kicks in the air. The kata are executed as a specified series of approximately 20 to 70 moves, generally with stepping and turning, while attempting to maintain perfect form. There are perhaps 100 kata across the various forms of karate, each with many minor variations. The number of moves in a kata may be referred to in the name of the kata, eg. Gojushiho, which means "54 steps." The number of moves may also have links with Buddhist spirituality. The number 108 is significant in Buddhism, and kata with 54, 36, or 27 moves (divisors of 108) are common. The practitioner is generally counselled to visualize the enemy attacks, and his or her responses, as actually occurring, and karateka are often told to "read" a kata, to explain the imagined events.

In teaching the open handed kata, most styles of Karate start with a series of three, or sometimes two, very simple kata called blocking forms before advancing to five basic kata named Pinan in some systems and Heian in others. By working through this series (in order: Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan, Godan (except in Wado Ryu Karate, where Shodan and Nidan are reversed)) the practitioner learns all the basic stances and techniques before moving on to more advanced kata. Traditionally, kata are taught in stages. Previously learned kata are returned to in order to show more advanced techniques or ways of doing things, as beginners do not have the same knowledge and experience that practitioners further up the ranks have. It is not uncommon in some styles for students testing for Shodan (first rank black belt) to have to repeat every kata they have learned from the first belt, but at a "black belt" level, for example, with better technique, power, amongst others. This system is often used for the lower grades as well. The student will perform one new kata and one or two previous ones, to demonstrate how much they have progressed and how quickly they can learn new things.

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Kanku Dai - Shotokan Karate

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  • Sweet, even if you ...

    Sweet, even if you are a black belt (though i don't agree with giving 12-year-old kids a black belt, since they simply are not able to have the inner maturity to understand what it means to be a dan) you should defenitely check out the japaneese spelling of the katas: it is nIdan and sAndan (ni = jap.: 2) (san = jap.: 3).
    Anyway good luck and on your Karatedo

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  • The "About this ...

    The "About this Video" section...is taken straight off a Wikipedia article

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  • I need to know this ...

    I need to know this kata to get my 1th kyu but in my club they teach this kata on camp to the sea to green belts and blue belts already.

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  • All of the heian ...

    All of the heian katas were developed from this kata

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  • looks like heidan ...

    looks like heidan godan yodan sandan nidan and others in one kata

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  • Sensei Jim Jiunta ...

    Sensei Jim Jiunta from Wilkes Bare, Pa performs this kata with incredible flowing power .Picture perfect technique with no choppy movement, just flowing and strong.

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  • it's a brown belt ...

    it's a brown belt kata 0_o it depends on your club whether it's for 2th or 1st kyu...or actually there are green belt dudes on my club who know this kata it depends on your teacher :P

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  • good moviej voor ...

    good moviej voor practice ^^

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  • I'd kindly suggest ...

    I'd kindly suggest first researching who Kanazawa Sensei is first. Judgments or critiques, if you really feel qualified to throw in any, may be wise to come afterwards. I suggest 'Karate Masters' by J.M. Fraguas as an introduction.

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  • The coolest Kata!!!!

    The coolest Kata!!!!

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  • I actually learned ...

    I actually learned this kata at the brown belt level and still practice it 2day (even though I'vent trained in almost 3 years due 2 other S**t ). It has 2 do with the organizations, in my eyes.

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  • What does age have ...

    What does age have 2 do wit it? I knew kid who got his black younger than 14.

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  • Great! He is a good ...

    Great! He is a good Karateka. ^^

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  • hehe

    hehe

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  • he is the one who ...

    he is the one who made S.K.I.F and and theres no red belt......i guess.... white belt does heian shodan ....... not red :) dont try to be smart.....

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  • dont u have to be ...

    dont u have to be 14 to be in black belt ????

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  • i have been doing ...

    i have been doing karate for 2 years now and i am purple and white, i will be black in wo years, this person however i think needsto go back to lesson 1 and work on targeting and eye focus. He is not 10th Dan as the highest you can get to is 8th, has anyone herad of senei Masao Kawasoe, great teacher look him up he has perct form as focus

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  • hmm..he's strong ...

    hmm..he's strong indeed, but I think his style is far from being perfect...he lacks of precision...

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  • I have been doing ...

    I have been doing this kata for 41 years. Each dojo has slight stylist differences but this is the real thing. In JKA this kata is often performed for shodan (1st black).

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  • ... I guess ...

    ... I guess different organizations have different ranking systems. I've never seen a red belt. And there weren't any stripes that I've seen on anyone's belt.

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  • This kata is ...

    This kata is Kankudai! It's not Heian Yondan... It may look like it in places, but that's only because all of the Heian kata were derived from Kankudai!

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  • How old is sensei ...

    How old is sensei Kanazawa when doing this kata?

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  • i need to learn ...

    i need to learn this kata so bad lol
    i know all the 1 kyu katas like bassai dai, jion, empi, hangetsu and i know nijishi ho but this is the other one i need to know for my 2nd dan grading

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  • this is 1st kyu ...

    this is 1st kyu kata , and i think empi is the black belt kata.for shotokan anyway

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  • I think this is ...

    I think this is Hirokazu Kanazawa, who is a 10th dan. I just want to add he had great stances and power. His 2 side kicks look like the toes are pointed slightly upwars, but other than that it is a good example of a traditional shotokan kata.

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