Tensho rotating palms turning or flowing hands, tensho is uniquely okinawan. Id like to locate a diagram or other documentation of the tensho kata. Tensho miyagis secret treasure marvin labbate cny karate, syracuse, new york international headquarters okinawan seibukai organization this paper is the third in a sequence of articles that examines the fundamental principles of karate in the gojuryu style. Fudokan karate kata tensho performed by sensei karlhans konig, 7th dan fudokan at the budocenter at steinen, germany in 20. International okinawan gojuryu karatedo federation. Tensho kata tensho is a kata originating from the gojuryu karate tradition. Tensho kata description and bunkai by kevin huun jin cullen, 10thdan soke ateru goju ryu karate jutsu precursor anytime anyone attempts to capsulate something as tremendously important as kata there.
I agree that relegating tensho to the role of a breathing kata is doing it a great disservice. Karate gi kyokushin karate cotton jacket martial boxing elastic waist kimono collections belt. Kata international okinawan gojuryu karatedo federation. Some say this story even gave birth to the karate man and his practise of breaking tiles with theopen. There are some videos available many of which are very helpful but id like to obtain a printed description of the form if. In this first chapter, through different paragraphs. Along with many other senior karate practitioners, i love kata tensho. Ippon kumite, selfdefence, and kata are training exercises to apply and perfect the principles and techniques you learn through bunkai. Shotokan karate is comprised of 26 katas, each with their own emphasis on fast and slow or controlled and powerfull movements. This pdf details the first kata of the heian series.
The tensho goju karateka practitioner adapts to skills beyond the. Factors that might explain the traditional or standard history of gojuryu there is a tendency for martial artists to venerate the past and play down innovation. Usually, bunkai is translated as application of movements. Tensho therefore was trained as the internal method as sanchin was the external component. It combines hard dynamic tension with deep breathing. Therefore, the usa karate federation embraces the japan karate federation official kata system that enables fair, accurate, and strict judging of kata competition. Tensho may be a variant of the southern chinese kung fu form rokkishu.
Kata kion, heian shodan, heian nidan, heian sandan, heian yondan, heian godan, tekki shodan, bassaidai, kankudai, empi, jion, hangetsu, bassaisho. I was an undercover police officer detective for the nypd. With this additional martial art training okinawate, nahate and the chinese arts, sensei miyagi developed a refined form of empty hand, although even today its whooping crane chinese kung fu roots can still be seen in its forms or kata. Understanding this kata opens up body strength, effective self. Tensho, along with its harder counterpart sanchin, was developed by goju ryu founder chojun miyagi from earlier chinese forms. Unlike sanchin, which is almost identical to its chinese counterpart, tensho is uniquely okinawan. These concepts come alive in kakie, which in advanced training, breathes life into the bunkai of goju ryu kata. Sanchin literally means three battles or three conflicts. Sokugi taikyoku sono san pinan sono ichi, ni, san, yon, go 15 pinan sono ichi ura, ni ura, san ura, yon ura, go ura 15 sanchin yantsu tsuki no kata gekisai dai gekisai sho tensho saifa seienchin garyu seipai kanku sushiho. Kata shotokan katas what the kata empi looks like on paper. I currently practice the shitoryu version of tensho, in the past ive practiced the kyokushin kai, and gojuryu versions, but none move the body in circles.
Shotokan shotokan is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by gichin funakoshi 18681957 and his son gigo yoshitaka funakoshi 19061945. Both of these kata but especially tensho, are termed heishu closed term heishu translates as closed and is for more internal control and muscular contractions, one hard one softer. Performing and studying this kata for 15 years now i keep finding new ways of using it for different purposes. The purpose of studying bunkai is to make kata a more effective training tool, as you visualize your opponent, and apply the principles based on what you imagine them doing. Doshikai shotokan karate member handbook yokogeri side kick mawashigeri round house kick bunkai the application of the technique, a description of the realworld scenario around which the kata is formed. Virtually all of the katas taught today in the shotokan system have two kiai points. Chojun miyagi sensei saw a kata called rokkishu on one of his trips to china and added this to our system under the name of tensho. This is a video list of kyokushin karate katas with instruction.
The kiai or spirit cry as it is sometimes referred to, occurs only at certain predetermined moments in each kata. All this makes tensho kata very effective weapon in karate, which is often not recognised and used only as a breathing kata. W6 nise hi nise hi r18 nise hi nise hi s21 jiin jiin highlighted in bold and colour. I was first taught the form by chris some twenty years ago in his traditional dojo on the top floor of the east west centre in london. Shotokan karate kata bassai dai bassai dai, literally translates to storm a castle, major or to penetrate a fortress, major is a kata practiced in shotokan karate and is one of many variations of the passai kata. The second heishu kata in gojuryu, tensho is derived from the chinese form rokkishu.
Kata tensho foreword i am so glad that chris rowen has decided to write this book. From his understanding of the kata of gojuryu and the nature of man, miyagi sensei developed tensho to further complete his gojuryu where sanchin left off. Masutatsu oyama, the founder of kyokushin karate, was born in. Tensho was created in 1921 as softer sanchin by chojun miyagi sensei to balance the go aspect of heishugata sanchinkata with ju variation for heishugata. The kata can also be employed as a sticking hands drill as shown below. Publication date december 1, 2015 topics karate, tensho kata collection opensource. Translated, it means revolving hands, rotating palms, or turning palms. It is a combination of hard dynamic tension with deep breathing and soft flowing hand movements, concentrating strength in the tanden, and is very characteristic of the goju ryu style. Bunkai shotokan the word bunkai means analysis or to find. This kata emphasizes the soft aspects of goju ryu, and encompasses continuous, flowing movements. This is the breathing we incorporate into tensho kata.
When i was a teenager, and unfortunately that was decades ago, i saw a japanese karate master perform tensho in a circular manner. Chris had trained with the late grandmaster yamaguchi. The 15 core katas of the shotokan style by funakoshi gichin. Kyokushin katas pdf this is a video list of kyokushin karate katas with instruction. 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. Mas oyama said that one should think of karate as a language the kihon.
Kata kion, heian shodan, heian nidan, heian sandan, heian. Miyagi sensei developed tensho to further complete his goju ryu where sanchin left off, including more intricate concepts of techniques. Dan advanced grades from 1 to 10 hajime start johakyu the concept of rhythm within the kata. Thats ok session is to remain in a positive physical, emotional and mental state throughout the day by way of the concept of zanshin the remaining mind. The first article discussed hard go elements of the. As an undercover detective, this is just one of several stories i could tell based on this assignment. A combination of goju ryu and shorinji ryu led to the development of chito ryu. The range of kyokushin kata is as diverse as the martial arts background of the thus, the early kata are mostly based on shotokan taikyoku and pinan and. A form of ritualised selftraining in which patterned or memorised movements.
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