Basic Karate kata with many options
After years of Karate training, the best thing about Karate is you can always learn something new. No matter how much you train or how many skills you developed, there is always room to improve and learn something new. I recently had a class where my Sensei, Sensei Noia, had us work on a basic kata, Taikioku Shodan, in three different ways. Taikyoku Shodan with kicks The idea is to do the kata, and after each move, you add a rear leg kick and put the kicking leg back down behind you, then step into the following technique with a kick after each move. It goes as follows: Downward block to your left, front snap kick with your rear leg and put it back behind you. Step and front punch, front snap kick with your rear leg, and put it back behind you. Continue this for all 20 moves. You can also …