KARATE BY NIDHI

Shotokan is a style of karate. Developed by Gichin Funakoshi and his son Gigo Funakoshi. Shotokan name was never given by gichin funakoshi. He always calls karate as karate only. How Shotokan was named?  Shoto was pen name of Gichin Funakoshi. His students made a sign reading named " shoto-Kan " which was placed above entrance of hall where funakoshi taught.  This is how it originated. Shoto means "Pine waves"  and kan means "hall" in Japanese.  Gichin Funakoshi had trained in both of the popular styles of Okinawan karate of the time: Shōrei-ryū and Shōrin-ryū. After years of study in both styles, Funakoshi created a simpler system that combined the ideas of the two . He called it karate (which we knew now as shotokan karate). In 1924, Funakoshi adopted the Kyū / Dan rank system and the uniform (keikogi) developed by Kano Jigoro, the founder of judo. This system uses colored belts (obi) to indicate rank. Originally, karate had only ...

"One move trained enough can make you win in local championship but in world championship you have to make yourself perfect. " Even in local championship what if your opponent is some excellent player ?  Suppose you have perfected one move that is mawashi geri.  What if your opponent  has very strong blocking power and he/she doesn't let you hit any attack .  Along with attacks making blocking strong   is very essential.. if you have strong blocking power even a good kumite player can not win in-front of you. If you have strong blocking power along with one perfectly learned attack you can win the fight in championship The only one thing you want to make strong for kumite then "Make blocking Power Strong"    (In Picture Haya Jumaa- World Champion)

Are you confused about years required for achieving black belt?  Read out the whole blog .  Worldwide some people are getting black belt within 2-3 years and some are getting it within 7-10 years. Then what is correct duration for achieving black belt? Whatever  karate style you are practicing it doesn't matter ... If u are performing well from beginning then black belt can be achieved in 2-3 years . And if you are not performing well then lifetime is also not enough . People have just made business of selling black belt. They are promoting student to next kyu despite not performing well in Grade examination. Being a Black belt is a pride   and by providing it to non deserving one, one decreases its pride. One should take steps to stop this business.  They should promote to deserving only . Change begins with ourselves -unknown In my own  dojo headed by me and my brother Rawal Dhruv  we have strict guidelines mentioned in admission ...

Bunkai ( 分解 ) means "analysis" or "disassembly", is a term used in Japanese martial arts referring to process of analysing kata and extracting fighting techniques from the movements of a "form" (kata).  The extracted fighting techniques are called Oyo. Bunkai is essence of karate. It is application of kata for self defence. Karate was basically developed with purpose of self defence. Karate means empty hand techniques. Soo just by learning  kata and kumite you would never know how to use karate in self defence.  Each kata can have different bunkai . Every own individual can make its own bunkai. Bunkai is generally in karate leagues performed by 3 people in group, they shows how one person can defend attack through moves of kata. Now a days, Many karatekas are just focusing on learning kata and kumite  with purpose of playing in Championship.  Even people are 7th dan, but they are not practicing most important part of karat...

When someone insults our Martial Art we all felt like kicking them off as descripted in picture. Firstly when someone insults our art ignore such 'cheap' people . We have hell lot of usefull things other then answering those people. But their is a limit till which we should bear such people. If they are continuously insulting our art beyond extend after such ignorance,  we need to answer them smartly. Tackle such people smartly by words. Not by using our moves on them . By using moves on a non karateka we are lowering our standard. Smartly tackle means challenge them for any karate stance. Ask them to sit in any stance for 5 mins. Or challenge them with the skills which you are expert in . By doing soo it will shut their mouth off permanently. Ps: Don't take above pic seriously it's just for fun

Kihon ( 基本 , きほん) is a Japanese term. It means "basics" or "fundamentals." It is used to refer to the basic techniques that are taught and practiced as the foundation of most Japanese martial arts. In Karate Kihon includes blocks, strikes, punches, chops, kicks, and stances. What will a person do by learning such incomplete karate where his basics are not strong? Kihon is necessary to be mastered because without perfection in basics their is no point of learning karate. Basics has to be made perfect. Perfection in basics will improve your kata and kumite. And if your basics are strong enough one attack for self defense is enough. Their is belief that kihon should be practice only for few counts. No this is wrong . Kihon should be performed until perfection is achieved. Practice but in correct way!!!

Power, speed, Stances, Transition, Attitude, way of presentation all things performed well make a Kata Perfect Power & speed - Repeat ! Repeat ! Repeat but with Proper technique .To perform a move powerfully practice each move with repetition 100 to 1000 times. Repetition will increase Your speed too. Stances - To improve your stance, 1stly learn that stance Properly, Sit in Stance for 10-15 minutes daily. Start Sitting in stance with 5 minutes, then gradually increase Time. Way of Presentation, Attitude - These things are most important things in Kata. Attitude - One should perform Kata in full Confidence. No fear should appear on your face . Way of Presentation - It means walking with full confidence then bowing to judges, then the load shout "kiai" - it should be fully energetic Transition - Transition means the process of changing from one step to another. In Kata ,Transition should be very smooth, while changing from once stance to another. To i...