Technical Descriptions — Shotokai Karate-do

Shotokai Karate Budo • Technique & Practice Index

Photos and material drawn from the following reference works:

• Karate-do Nyumon — Gichin Funakoshi
• Karate-do Kyohan — Gichin Funakoshi
• Beyond Technique — Shigeru Egami (Kodansha International)
• Karate for the Expert — Shigeru Egami
• Drawings by Humberto Heyden Sensei ✶

[!NOTE] Sections marked ✶ have been reviewed and verified by Humberto Heyden Sensei.

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Fundamentals

• Greetings in Karate-do ✶
• Stances ✶
• Fundamental Positions ✶

Blocks — Uke ✶

• Uke — Blocks & Receptions ✶
• Uke in Zenkutsu-dachi ✶ — Age Uke • Gedan Barai • Ude Uke • Uchi Komi / Uchi Te
• Uke in Kokutsu-dachi ✶ — Shuto-Uke • Shuto-Barai

Stances — Dachi ✶

• Zenkutsu-dachi — Forward Stance ✶
• Kokutsu-dachi — Back Stance ✶
• Fudo Dachi — Rooted Stance ✶
• Kiba Dachi — Straddle Stance ✶
• Shiko Dachi — Square Stance ✶
• Nekoashi Dachi — Cat Stance ✶

Hand Techniques — Te Waza

• Tsuki — Direct Punches ✶
• Tsuki Variants
• Uraken Uchi — Back-Fist Strike
• Nukite — Spear Hand
• Empi Uchi — Elbow Strike — Variants and Application
• Short-Range Fist and Leg Attacks — Kagi Zuki • Ura Zuki • Fumikomi • Fumikiri
• The Open Hand

Leg Techniques — Ashi Waza

• Mae Geri — Front Kick
• Mawashi Geri — Roundhouse Kick
• Ushiro Geri — Back Kick ✶
• Other Leg Techniques

Kata — Forms

• Kata ✶

Kumite — Partner Practice

• Kumite — Kihon Ippon Kumite • Jiyu Ippon Kumite • Gohon Kumite • Jiyu Kumite • Deai • Sen no Sen

Supplementary Training

• Sweeps
• Zuzushi — Throws & Takedowns
• Jumps — Tobigeri
• Using the Sack — Bag Work