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The Book<br />

This book offers assistance to all <strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong>ka to use when training<br />

or intensively preparing skills - for beginners as well as advanced<br />

students. All the facets of this demanding fighting art are covered in an<br />

easily understandable manner. The most important <strong>Kihon</strong> techniques,<br />

the various <strong>Kumite</strong> forms as well as free-fighting and basic <strong>Kata</strong>s are<br />

described in detail. This is a complete package for people wishing to<br />

improve themselves in this martial art. Contents include: The history of<br />

<strong>Karate</strong> from FUNAKOSHI up to today’s <strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong>. What is <strong>Karate</strong>-<br />

Do? Training and preparation for grading. A comprehensive introduction<br />

to the basic techniques. All the <strong>Kumite</strong> forms from the Gohon-<strong>Kumite</strong> to<br />

Jiyu-<strong>Kumite</strong>. Full explanations of the <strong>Kata</strong>s Heian 1-5, Tekki 1 and<br />

Bassai-Dai. Over 500 photographs show the enormously broad technical<br />

spectrum of the fighting art of <strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong>.<br />

The Author<br />

Joachim Grupp has been practising <strong>Karate</strong> since 1976. He holds a 5th<br />

Dan in <strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong> and is an instructor in a <strong>Karate</strong> Club in Berlin.<br />

He has been successful in national and regional competitions.<br />

ISBN 978-1-84126-281-9<br />

$ 17.95 US/£ 12.95/A 16.95<br />

www.m-m-sports.com<br />

<strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong> <strong>Kihon</strong>-<strong>Kumite</strong>-<strong>Kata</strong> Joachim Grupp


<strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong>


Joachim Grupp<br />

SHOTOKAN KARATE<br />

<strong>Kihon</strong>, <strong>Kumite</strong>, <strong>Kata</strong><br />

Meyer & Meyer Sport


Original title: <strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong> - Technik, Training, Prüfung<br />

© Aachen: Meyer & Meyer, 2000<br />

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data<br />

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library<br />

<strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong> – <strong>Kihon</strong>, <strong>Kumite</strong>, <strong>Kata</strong><br />

Joachim Grupp<br />

Maidenhead: Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK) Ltd., 2002<br />

ISBN: 978-1-84126-281-9<br />

All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, no part of this publication may be reproduced,<br />

stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means now known or hereafter<br />

invented without the prior written permission of the publisher.<br />

This book may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form,<br />

binding or cover other than that which is published, without the prior written consent of the publisher.<br />

© 2002 by Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK) Ltd.<br />

2nd, revised edition 2009<br />

Aachen, Adelaide, Auckland, Budapest, Cape Town, Graz, Indianapolis,<br />

Maidenhead, Olten (CH), Singapore, Toronto<br />

Member of the World<br />

Sport Publishers' Association (WSPA)<br />

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Printed by: B.O.S.S Druck und Medien GmbH<br />

ISBN: 978-1-84126-281-9<br />

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Contents<br />

CONTENTS<br />

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />

1.1 The History of <strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

1.1.1 Okinawa-Te, the Origin of Modern <strong>Karate</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

1.1.2 Modern <strong>Karate</strong> Comes into Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

1.1.3 Gichin Funakoshi - the Father of Modern <strong>Karate</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

1.1.4 <strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong> Spreads Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

1.1.5 The Development of <strong>Shotokan</strong> by Masatoshi Nakayama . . . . . . 20<br />

1.1.6 <strong>Shotokan</strong> <strong>Karate</strong> Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

1.1.7 <strong>Karate</strong> in Germany - the Author's Home Country . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

1.2 <strong>Karate</strong> Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

2 <strong>Karate</strong> in Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

2.1 <strong>Karate</strong>: Its Demands and Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

2.1.1 The Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

2.1.2 Individual <strong>Karate</strong> Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

2.1.2.1 The Technique of Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

2.1.2.2 Using the Hips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

2.1.2.3 Kime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

2.2 <strong>Karate</strong> Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

2.2.1 Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

2.2.2 The Greeting and Dojo Etiquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32<br />

2.2.3 Warming Up and Aerobic Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />

2.2.4 <strong>Kihon</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35<br />

2.2.5 <strong>Kumite</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

2.2.6 <strong>Kata</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

2.3 Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />

2.3.1 Lower Ranks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />

2.3.2 Middle Ranks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />

2.3.3 Upper Ranks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />

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3 Stances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />

3.1 Musubi-Dachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />

3.2 Hachi-Dachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />

3.3 Zenkutsu-Dachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />

3.4 Kokutsu-Dachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />

3.5. Kiba-Dachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />

3.6. Fudo-Dachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />

3.7. Neko-Ashi-Dachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />

3.8. Jiyu-Dachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />

4 Basic Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />

4.1 Defensive Techniques/Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />

4.1.1 Age-Uke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />

4.1.2 Uchi-Uke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />

4.1.3 Soto-Uke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />

4.1.4 Gedan-Barai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56<br />

4.1.5 Shuto-Uke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />

4.2 Attacking Techniques Using the Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />

4.2.1 Oi-Zuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />

4.2.2 Gyaku-Zuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />

4.2.3 Kizami-Zuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />

4.2.4 Uraken-Uchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />

4.2.5 Empi-Uchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />

4.2.6 Shuto-Uchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68<br />

4.3 Attacking Techniques Using the Legs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />

4.3.1 Mae-Geri Keage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />

4.3.2 Yoko-Geri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />

4.3.3 Mawashi-Geri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />

4.3.4 Ushiro-Geri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />

4.3.5 Ura-Mawashi-Geri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78


CONTENTS<br />

5 <strong>Kumite</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />

5.1 <strong>Kumite</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81<br />

5.1.1 Gohon <strong>Kumite</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />

5.1.2 <strong>Kihon</strong>-Ippon <strong>Kumite</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88<br />

5.1.3 Kaeshi-Ippon <strong>Kumite</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />

5.1.4. Jiyu-Ippon <strong>Kumite</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />

5.2 Jiyu <strong>Kumite</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />

5.3 The <strong>Kata</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115<br />

5.3.1 Heian Shodan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115<br />

5.3.2 Heian Nidan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118<br />

5.3.3 Heian Sandan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122<br />

5.3.4 Heian Yondan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126<br />

5.3.5 Heian Godan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131<br />

5.3.6 Tekki Shodan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135<br />

5.3.7 Bassai-Dai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140<br />

6 Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147<br />

6.1 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147<br />

6.2 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148<br />

6.3 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155<br />

6.4 Photo & Illustration Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156<br />

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