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SANCHIN KATA (FORM)

1. Hands by your sides, heels together & toes apart (musubi dachi). Eyes looking straight ahead.
2. Bow with head down, as you come up, heels apart (heiko dachi).
3. Draw hands up to belt height into a ready thrust position. Step into a right sanchin-dachi.
4. Thrust hands straight forward, squeeze into a fist, circle up and open into sanchin arm position.
5. The first single sanchin arm thrust is done with the left hand because the left foot is behind.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP GOOD EYE FOCUS
(look straight ahead, do not look around, don't even blink)

6. Step and perform second arm thrust right, step and perform third arm thrust left, then turn (mawate) left because the left foot is behind.
7. Perform 4 arm thrusts and three steps then turn (mawate) left.
8. Perform 3 arm thrusts and 2 steps, after the third arm thrust you will be in a left sanchin-dachi.
9. Draw both arms into ready thrusts positions at chest level and perform three double arm thrusts.
10. After the third double arm thrust, hands are in a sanchin arm position, palms facing forward.
11. Step off to the left because the left foot is forward, and you'll be in a left sanchin-dachi, post, perform the first of 3 circle blocks / left mawashi-uke.
12. Now step off right toward the opposite direction into a right sanchin-dachi and perform the second circle block / right mawashi uke.
13. Now step off left toward the front into a left sanchin-dachi and perform the thrid circle block / left mawashi uke.

(note: the triangle shape of the last three step offs)

14. You are now in a left sanchin-dachi, bring your front foot back even with the right (heiko dachi) and make a fist with the right hand and cover it with the left, this is the "closed-gate" position.
15. Hands by your side, heels together and bow.

KANSHIWA KATA (FORM) | Print-Friendly Version

1. start musubi dachi hands by side.
2. bow then heiko dachi and raise hands into sanchin arm positition.
3. pivot right (or left) into right sanchin dachi right circle block (front foot) shoken left (rear foot).
4. mawate into a left sanchin dachi.
5. left circle block (front foot) shoken right (rear foot).
6. step off right into a right sanchin dachi.
7. right circle block (front foot) shoken left (rear foot).
8. step through into a left sanchin dachi.
9. left circle block (front foot) left knife edge kick.
10. step through into a right sanchin dachi.
11. right circle block (front foot) right knife edge kick.
12. step through into left kiba dachi.
13. right circle block (rear foot) left elbow strike left rieken (front foot).
14. mawate right.double step right mawashi uke (front foot).
15. step through into a left sanchin dachi left mawashi uke (front foot).
16. step through into a right sanchin dachi right mawashi uke (front foot).
17. step through into a left sanchin dachi block right (rear foot) shuto left rieken left (front foot).
18. mawate right into a right sanchin dachi.
19. block right (front foot) shomen geri right.
20. double step right circle block (front foot) shoken left (rear foot).
21. double step back into a right sanchin dachi two shokens left over right.
22. heiko dachi.hands by your side musubi dachi and bow

(note: after bow start right or left)

KANSHOU KATA (FORM) | Print-Friendly Version

1. start musubi dachi hands by side.bow.
2. heiko dachi hands to the waist.
3. circle step into a right sanchin dachi (or left)
4. thrust squeeze circle up and open.
5. sanchin arm thrust left.both hands into ready thrust with hiraken fists.
6. double step right and double hiraken strike.
7. cross block right in front of left...
8. then open into sanchin arm position.
9. double step right sanchin dachi rieken right.
10. step through into a left sanchin dachi left circle block left shomen geri.
11. step through into right sanchin dachi right circle block right shomen geri.
12. block left hammer fist right..
13. block right palm heel left.
14. block left nukite right.
15. mawate left into a left sanchin dachi sanchin arm thrust right.
16. double step left sanchin dachi left circle block right nukite.
17. step through into a right sanchin dachi right circle block left nukite.
18. step through into a left sanchin dachi left circle block right nukite.
19. step off left into a left sanchin dachi.left mawashi uke.
20. step off in the opposite direction into a right sanchin dachi.
21. right mawashi uke.
22. pivot left step through into a right sanchin dachi double hiraken strike.
23. mawate left circle block left and left shomen geri.
24. step through into right kiba dachi circle block left
25. elbow strike right rieken shoken.
26. step back into a heiko dachi hands into sanchin arm position.
27. left hand down right hand up...
28. hands by side musubi dachi and bow.

(note: after bow start right or left)

SEICHIN KATA (FORM) | Print-Friendly Version

1. start.musubi dachi hands by side.bow.
2. into heiko dachi raise hands to sanchin arm positition.
3. step into right sanchin dachi right hiraken block and thrust.
4. step through into left sanchin dachi left hiraken block and thrust.
5. step left angle into left sanchin dachi circle block left.shomen geri right.
6. step opposite angle into right sanchin dachi circle block right.
7. shomen geri left.
8. step forward into left sanchin dachi left wrist block.
9. step through into right sanchin dachi right wrist block.
10. mawate left and cross block left in front of right.
11. double step and double strike low.
12. pull up double shokens and pivot left into left sanchin dachi.
13. step through into right kiba dachi circle block left elbow right.
14. step back right sanchin dachi.circle block right palm-heel left.
15. circle block left nukite right.
16. mawate left.
17. circle block left shomen geri left.
18. step through pivot left and double hiraken strike high.
19. double wrist block low.
20. right hand on top of left.
21. step right tsuru dachi double high strike-grip and knee strike.
22. arms in sanchin arm position.
23. step through right sanchin dachi.
24. post block right front and left rear groin strike.
25. double groin strike front and rear.mawate left.
26. post block right front and left rear groin strike.
27. double groin strike front and rear.
28. circle block left.pivot left.
29. left sanchin dachi.
30. knee strike left and reverse circle block into left neko dachi.
31. hands to sanchin armposition.
32. mawate right.
33. right sanchin dachi.
34. knee strike right and reverse circle block into right neko dachi.
35. pivot left into left sanchin dachi.
36. step through into right sanchin dachi and double eye strike.
37. step back through a left leaning stance.
38. knee strike left.
39. left neko dachi and left low block.
40. step through into right kiba dachi.
41. circle block left elbow right.
42. back to right sanchin dachi.
43. circle block right shoken left.circle block left shoken right.
44. step back through into left sanchin dachi and palm block right.
45. step back into heiko dachi hands into sanchin arm positition.
46. hands by side musubi dachi and bow.

(note: after bow start right or left)

SEISAN KATA (FORM) | Print-Friendly Version

1. start musubi dachi hands by side.
2. bow.
3. heiko dachi hands to the waist.
4. circle step into a right sanchin dachi
5. thrust squeeze circle up and open
6. sanchin arm thrust left.
7. cirlce step into a left sanchin dachi
8. sanchin arm thrust right.
9. cirlce step into a right sanchin dachi.
10. sanchin arm thrust left.
11. both hands into ready thrust position.double step right and double
12. inner ridge hands (haito).
13. three palm heel strikes (shotei) starting left.
14. double wrist block low.
15. left hand on top of right
16. step left tsuru dachi
17. double high strike.grip and knee strike (hiza geri)...
18. arms in sanchin arm position.
19. step through left sanchin dachi.
20. post block left front and right
21. rear groin strike.
22. double groin strike right front and left rear.
23. mawate right.
24. post block left front and right rear groin strike.
25. double groin strike right front and left rear.
26. circle block right.
27. cirlce step into a left sanchin dachi.
28. double groin strike left front and right rear.
29. circle block left.
30. circle step into a right sanchin dachi.
31. double groin strike right front and left rear.
32. circle block right.
33. double step right and double strike low.
34. pull up double shokens and pivot left into left sanchin dachi.
35. circle block rear foot right.
36. step into a left leaning stance (zenkutsu dachi).
37. left forward upward elbow strike (hiji).
38. step back into left sanchin dachi.
39. circle block left palm heel right.
40. circle block right knife hand left (nukite).
41. pivot right.
42. step into a left sanchin dachi.
43. circle block right hammer fist left (tettsui).
44. circle block left palm heel right.circle step back.
45. right sanchin dachi.
46. pivot left.
47. circle block left knife hand right.
48. mawate.
49. circle block
50. right front kick right (shomen geri).
51. knee strike left to right palm heel.
52. back into right sanchin dachi.
53. three shokens starting left.
54. sanchin arm position.
55. sanchin arm thrust left.
56. pivot left into left sanchin dachi.
57. sanchin arm thrust right.
58. mawate right into a right sanchin dachi.
59. sanchin arm thrust left.
60. double step right sanchin dachi.
61. circle block right nukite left.
62. circle step into left sanchin dachi.
63. circle block left nukite right.
64. circle step into right sanchin dachi.
65. circle block right nukite left.
66. step through into left kiba dachi.
67. sanchin arm position.seisan jump back.
68. jump forward into left kiba dachi circle block right elbow left rieken shoken.
69. step back into a heiko dachi hands into sanchin arm position...
70. right down left up...
71. hands by side musubi dachi and bow.

(note: after bow start right or left)