What Is Hikite (the pulling hand or arm)?

Mae Geri, Kizami Zuki, Gyaku Zuki, Gedan Barai

This is a combinations for the 5th Kyu purple belt examination. Again at 5th Kyu we are working on shomen and hanmi, so we are trying to get this movement to high standard before moving onto the Brown belt syllabus. Work hard at shomen hanmi as it’s one of the most important basic fundamentals in […]

Heian Nidan Kata Tutorial

Heian Nidan Kata Video Tutorial below this article Taken from our 8th Kyu Red belt karate examination. https://www.shotokankarateonline.com/our-karate-community-memberships/ Heian Nidan is the second kata of 5 in the 5 Heian Kata series. The second Heian kata has several simultaneous block and strike techniques, it has side snap kick and front kick.  Heian Nidan is more […]

A Brief History Of Shotokan Karate

Early records of martial arts go as far back as the Egyptians in about 3000BC!The Chinese emperor Shi-Huang-Di (221-206 BC), was buried with more than 7,000 life-size terracotta figures, which included horses and soldiers to guard him in the afterlife, some of the unarmed soldiers are clearly in some sort of martial arts fighting stances. […]

Shuto Uke Knife Hand Block Stepping

In the 8th Kyu red belt article we described the arm positions for shuto uke. In this article and video tutorial we are going to explain stepping forward and backward in shuto uke (knife hand block) – kokutsu dachi (back stance). Although this is classed as a basic karate technique, most people find this difficult […]