Basic Training (kihon)

Basic training is one of the cores of the training in Shotokan. In a typical training session, everybody does the same things, regardless of the ranks. In basic, we emphasize a strong, rooted stance, a right course of action, the source of the power (hips), and the structure of the body.

In a regular class, we usually practise basic exercises for about 15 to 20 minutes.

THE TECHNIQUES IN BASIC TRAINING:

From 1 to 10, 14 to 19 and 21 to 30, all techniques are done in front stance (zenkutsu dachi).
From 11 to 13, all techniques are done in back stance (kokutsu dachi).
From 20 and 21, techniques are done in side stance (kiba dachi).
  1. Stepping punch...stomach (chudan oizuki)
  2. Stepping punch...head (jodan oizuki)
  3. Stepping punch...one punch head, two punches stomach (oizuki sanbonzuki)
  4. High block (age uke)
  5. High block, reverse punch (age uke, gyakuzuki)
  6. Outside forearm block (soto uke)
  7. Outside forearm block, reverse punch (soto uke, gyakuzuki)
  8. Inside forearm block (uchi uke)
  9. Inside forearm block, reverse punch (uchi uke, gyakuzuki)
  10. Inside forearm block, short punch, reverse punch (uchi uke, kizamizuki, gyakuzuki)
  11. Knife hand block (shuto uke)
  12. Knife hand block, spear hand (shuto uke, nukite)
  13. Knife hand block, front leg front kick, spear hand (shuto uke, kizamigeri, nukite)
  14. Front kick (maegeri)
  15. Double front kick, starting with back leg (maegeri rengeri)
  16. Double front kick, starting with front leg (kizami maegeri rengeri)
  17. Roundhouse kick (mawashi geri)
  18. Double roundhouse kick, starting with back leg (mawashi geri rengeri)
  19. Double roundhouse kick, starting with front leg (kizami mawashi geri rengeri)
  20. Side thrust kick (yoko kekomi geri)
  21. Side snap kick (yoko keage geri)
  22. Front kick, short punch (maegeri, oizuki)
  23. Front kick, roundhouse kick, reverse punch (maegeri, mawashigeri, gyakuzuki)
  24. Roundhouse kick, reverse punch (mawashigeri, gyakuzuki)
  25. Side thrust kick, roundhouse kick, reverse punch (yoko kekomi, mawashigeri, gyakuzuki)
  26. Roundhouse kick, same leg side thrust kick, reverse punch (mawashigeri, yoko kekomi, gyakuzuki)
  27. Back kick (ushiro geri)
  28. Back kick, stepping punch (ushiro geri, oizuki)
  29. Side thrust kick, back kick, reverse punch (yoko kekomi, ushiro geri, gyakuzuki)
  30. Front kick, roundhouse kick, side thrust kick, back kick, stepping punch (maegeri, mawashi geri, yoko kekomi, ushiro geri, oizuki)
Those are most of the techniques, if not all, that we often do in class. Any combination can be made from those techniques.

In the future, I hope I will be able to get some video clips of the basic training.

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