Thursday, October 14, 2021

Kihon Katas

"Kihon" means basics.  In Chito Ryu Karate Do, we have "basics" kata which are intended to be tested at the "two" level:  Green 2 (go kyu), Brown 2 (ni kyu) and Black 2 (ni dan).  They are not intended as a historic recording of a system or set of moves open to interpretations of application, but a linking together of basic techniques in which the student must demonstrate competence according to rank or grade.

Beyond our student manuals (please ask if you don't have one!), there are some online resources available at Black Belt Wiki with pictures, written descriptions, and videos: 

https://blackbeltwiki.com/chito-ryu-katas

A word of caution:  some of the video demonstrations are better than others.

 

You may also want to look at the Beginner Manual from the International Chito-Ryu Karate-do Federation of Australia.  Please note while this organization has "Chito Ryu" in its name, it is in no way affiliated with USCKF.  Some of the information is a little different than what you will see in our manuals, especially the descriptions of ranks and grades.  That said, the section with Kihon Dosas and Kihon Katas provides photographs which may be easier to understand than the line drawings in our manuals.  The link below is for a PDF (about 3.5 MB)

www.chitoryu.com.au/resources/pdf/ICKFA beginner manual v5.0.pdf

 NOTE - Some important differences are: 
  • Belt ranks:  We do not have blue or purple belts, and we only use stripes on green and brown belts.
  • Test Katas:  We use kata, not kihon kata or kihon dosa for testing.  While you may be asked to perform one of these during a test, it is not a specific requirement.
  • Kihon Dosa Ichi:  We do outside blocks (uchi uke), and our shiko dachi is off-line (hanmei)
  • Kihon Dosa Ni:  We do inside blocks (soto uke), and shiko dachi hanmei
  • Nijushichi Te Waza:  Similar to our San Ju Ko, with these exceptions:  We have a head-level knife hand strike (jodan shuto uchi), mid-level fingertip strike (chudan nukite), and NO palm-heel strike (teisho zuki).  All techniques are performed in uchi hachi dachi for our style.  It is also important that proper eye vectoring is used, something not shown in this case.
  • Kihon Kata Ichi:  Similar to Kihon Dosa Ichi, we do outside blocks rather than inside blocks.

 If you can keep these points in mind it will avoid confusion.

 

 

 

 

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