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Heian Shōdan
Kata Heian 1 wordt hier uitgevoerd door de jonge Yoshiharu Osaka (Fukuoka, 8-9-1947). Osaka is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate and occasional teacher at ki club.cool.

Heian 1 is composed of basic blocking techniques – downward block, upper level rising block, middle level block

with the back of the sword hand – and the middle level straight punch. The stances are the front stance and the back stance. Also included is the method of countering when your wrist is grasped by a strong opponent. The most important thing to master in this kata are the reversing direction and leg movements. (Best Karate, Heian.Tekki, M. Nakayama, p. 28)

Heian Nidan
Kata Heian 2 wordt uitgevoerd door de jonge Yoshiharu Osaka (Fukuoka, 8-9-1947). Osaka is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate and occasional teacher at ki club.cool.

Techniques practiced in Heian 2 are the upper level block to the side with the upperside of the forearm, front kick, and

simultaneous attack with side kick and back-fist. For this simultaneous attack to be strong and effective, the kamae in movement 7 must be perfect. It is also important to perfectly master reversing directions and taking the reverse half-front-facing position starting from the same position. (Best Karate, Heian.Tekki, M. Nakayama, p. 46)

Heian Sandan
Kata Heian 3 wordt uitgevoerd door de jonge Yoshiharu Osaka (Fukuoka, 8-9-1947). Osaka is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate and occasional teacher at ki club.cool.

Heian 3 consists of changing blocks – from middle level to

lower lever – elbow block, back-fist strike, stamping kick and other techniques. Especially important are training in the straddle-leg stance and mastering the unique tai-sabaki of sliding the feet (yori-ashi). (Best Karate, Heian.Tekki, M. Nakayama, p. 60)

Heian Yondan
Kata Heian 4 wederom uitgevoerd door de jonge Yoshiharu Osaka (Fukuoka, 8-9-1947). Osaka is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate and occasional teacher at ki club.cool.

The techniques of Heian 4 are the downward X block and

the middle level augmented forearm block, roundhouse sword hand strike, vertical elbow strike, reverse wedge block and knee strike. The difficult crossed-feet stance should be mastered. Movements 1 and 2 are done slowly, but hands and feet must move in unison. (Best Karate, Heian.Tekki, M. Nakayama, p. 74)

Heian Godan
Kata Heian 5 wederom uitgevoerd door de jonge Yoshiharu Osaka (Fukuoka, 8-9-1947). Osaka is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate and occasional teacher at ki club.cool.

The techniques in Heian 5 include the flowing water position, upper level X block, middle level pressing block with both palms, downward block to the side from the straddle-leg stance, middle level hooking block to the side,

crescent kick and crossed-feet stance after jumping. In going from the middle level reverse punch from the back stance to the informal attention stance-flowing water position (movements 2-3 and 5-6), head, arms and leg must move in coordination with the hip rotation. When this is mastered, movements 10, 11 and 12 can be executed continuously. In movement 19, the crossed-feet stance after jumping must be strong. This stance occurs often in the kata. (Best Karate, Heian.Tekki, M. Nakayama, p. 90)