Tekki shodan
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Tekki Shodan (鉄騎初段), literally "horse riding first level", is the first of a series of three Tekki kata practiced in many styles of karate. The other two kata in the series are Tekki Nidan and Tekki Sandan.
The Tekki series of kata were renamed by Funakoshi from the Naihanchi kata, which were derived from an older, original kata, Nifanchin[1]. Nifanchin was brought to Okinawa via Fuzhou, China, at some point in the long history of trade between the two kingdoms. It was broken into three distinct segments, possibly by Anko Itosu, Tokumine Pechin, or Motobu Choki. The kata are performed entirely in Kiba dachi ("Horse stance"). The name Tekki itself (and Nifanchin) translates to "Iron Horse." Contrary to popular belief, the kata are not designed to teach fighting on a lateral line or against a wall. Rather, they are intricate strategies of attacking and defensive movement, done in the kiba dachi, for the purpose of conditioning the legs to develop explosive power. If one rotates one's torso a few degrees to one side or the other while performing Tekki, the result is the Hachi-monji, or figure eight stance. This has been called the basics of all karate.
In the earlier days of karate training, it was common practice for a student to spend 2-3 years doing nothing but Tekki, under the strict observation of their teacher. Motobu Choki, famous for his youthful brawling at tsuji (red-light district), credited the kata with containing all that one needs to know to become a proficient fighter.
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[edit] Execution
Refer to the List of shotokan techniques for translations of Japanese terms
Kata Yoi: Bring right foot together into left foot while moving left open palm in front of a right open palm.
- Look right and shift into left kosa dachi
- Execute right fumikomi and then right haishu uchi while landing into right kiba dachi
- Execute left sokui empi
- Simultaneously look left and execute right koshi gamae
- Execute left gedan barai
- Execute right kagi zuki
- Step forward into right kosa dachi
- Simultanesouly look forward and execute left fumikomi and land into kiba dachi while executing right uchi uke to the direction that you are looking at
- Intermediately execute left nagashi uke and then left ura zuki
- Look left and then execute left nami ashi and land back to left kiba dachi while executing left sokumen uke
- Look right and then execute right nami ashi and land back into right kiba dachi while executing right sokumen uke
- Simultaneously look left and execute right koshi gamae
- Execute left morote zuki (kiai)
- Slowly execute left haishu uchi
- Execute right sokumen uke
- Simultaneously look right and execute left koshi gamae
- Execute right gedan barai
- Execute left kagi zuki
- Step forward into left kosa dachi
- Simultanesouly look forward and execute right fumikomi and land into kiba dachi while executing left uu to the direction that you are looking at
- Intermediately execute left nagashi uke and then right ura zuki
- Look right and then execute right nami ashi and land back to right kiba dachi while executing right sokui empi
- Look left and then execute left nami ashi and land back into left kiba dachi while executing left sokumen uke
- Simultaneously look right and execute left koshi gamae
- Execute right morote zuki (kiai)
[edit] In-Depth Analysis
A perfectly symmetrical kata
Generous use of kiba dachi trains legs and knees well
Nami ashi is difficult to master.
Proper use of hips and body is important and is difficult to master when in kiba dachi.
Sensei Funakoshi spent 10 years perfecting the tekki series of kata
Has the simplest pathway of all katas
[edit] Embusen
[edit] Bunkai
Bunkai is an interpretation of a set of techniques within a kata which may be applied in practice.
Use the uchi uku to block an oi zuki coming from about 45 degrees of your kiba dachi and then stagger with the intemediate hand of nagashi uke to minor counter with the ura zuki to face.
[edit] Statistics
- Blocks: 17
- Attacks: 11
- Techniques: 12
- Combinations: 4
- Overall displacement: 0
- Expected execution time: 35s
[edit] References
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- ^ Advanced Shotokan Karate Kata, John van Weenen, ISBN 0-9517660-1-5
