Kopasho

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Kopasho is an advanced, or black belt level, kata in the style of karate known as Shorei Gojuru.

[edit] On the Kata

Although Shorei Gojuru is a Japanese martial art, the kata originated in India, the second civilization known to have made significant use of martial arts, the first having been Egypt. Indian animal imitation can be seen throughout the kata, the most mimicked animals being peacocks, tigers, and cobras. It lends itself most readily to rigid movements and crisp distinctions between them, unlike, say, the Himino series, which have movements often blurred together. It does not make use of gymnastics, jumps, or non-standard stances, positions of the body which are used in karate to strike, block, or kick from, although it uses several odd hand movements. In this vain, only stances four, six, seven & fourteen are used. It uses a tiger imitation consisting of a mountain punch, U-punch and low block often, as well as a peacock imitation involving stance fourteen and a hand movement resembling a horizontal kagi wagi.