SHOTOKAN KARATE

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SHOTOKAN KARATE

• Noah Cherry

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The History of SHOTOKAN KARATE

• The history of karate can be tracked over 2000
  years! Although it is now accepted as a Japanese
  art, it is a form of self-defence that originally
  came from India. Buddhist Monks, whose religion
  banned them from using any weapons, developed
  self-defence techniques using their feet and
  hands to protect themselves from robbers when
  they were on their travels. This was so
  effective, that other religious orders also
  developed self-defence style themselves. One of
  these was the famous Shaolin Temple in China.
• From the Shaolin Temple, a very disciplined and
  powerful style of self-defence was developed.
  Martial arts were shrouded in mystery and were
  treated as a part of religious belief. From those
  humble beginnings, some many hundreds of years
  ago, the now immensely popular sport of Karate
  has developed. Modern Karate is split into a
  number of different styles, all of which use
  similar techniques, but students should be
  careful to select a club and style that is
  properly registered and run by qualified
  instructors.
• The Southern Shotokan Karate Association
  practices the Traditional style of Shotokan
  Karate. This style is very close to the original
  temple style and is recognised as being extremely
  powerful and highly disciplined. The late great
  master Gichin Funakoshi brought it to Japan from
  the village of Shuri in Okinawa early in the 20th
  Century.

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Belts / RANKING

• Rank is used in karate to indicate experience,
  expertise, and to a lesser degree, seniority. As
  with many martial arts, Shotokan uses a system of
  coloured belts to indicate rank. Most Shotokan
  schools use the kyu/dan system but have added
  other belt colors. The order of colors varies
  widely from school to school, but kyu belts are
  denoted with colours that become darker as a
  student approaches shodan. Dan level belts are
  invariably black, with some schools using strips
  to denote various ranks of black belt.

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BELTS / RANKING

• WHITE
• YELLOW
• GREEN
• PURPLE
• BROWN
• BLACK

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KATA (Forms)

• Taikyoku shodan (????)
• Heian shodan (????)
• Heian nidan (????)
• Heian sandan (????)
• Heian yondan (????)
• Heian godan (????)
• Bassai dai (???)
• Jion (??)

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KATA (Forms)

• Empi (??),
• Kanku dai (???),
• Hangetsu (??),
• Jitte (??),
• Gankaku (??),
• Tekki shodan (????),
• Tekki nidan (????),
• Tekki sandan (????),
• Nijushiho (????),

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KATA (Forms)

• Chinte (??)
• Sochin (??)
• Meikyo (??)
• Unsu (??)
• Bassai sho (???)
• Kanku sho (???)
• Wankan (??)
• Gojushiho sho (?????)
• Gojushiho dai (?????)
• Ji'in (??)

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KUMITE (Sparring)

• 1-Five-step sparring (gohon kumite)
• 2-Three-step sparring (sanbon kumite)
• 3-One-step sparring (ippon kumite)
• 4-freestyle one-step sparring (jiyu ippon
  kumite)
• 5-Free sparring (jiyu kumite)

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Dojo Programs

• Children Martial Arts Class
• Adult Martial Arts Class
• Little Champs Karate (4-6 years olds)
• Aerobic Cardio Kickboxing
• Tournament Training

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SHOTOKAN KARATE

• Champions Martial Arts Studio
• 234 W. Baltimore Ave.
• Clifton Heights, Pa 19018
• 484-461-8898
• Come in for a free lesson!!!