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This is the basic ready stance in Karate. Uchi hachiji-dachi (内八字立, literally "stand like the upside-down character 八") The feet are shoulder width apart, toes facing inwards at 30-45 degrees, knees tense. This stance is used in some formal exercises, for example the tsundome. Also called Chun'be or Naifanchin-dachi.
The horse stance is a common posture in Asian martial arts. [1] It is called mǎbù (馬步) in Chinese, kiba-dachi (騎馬立ち) in Japanese, and juchum seogi (주춤 서기) [2] or annun seogi (lit. sitting stance) in Korean. This stance can not only be integrated into fighting but also during exercises and forms. It is most commonly used ...
Fudo Dachi: rooted stance (e.g. in the kata Bassai Dai) Hangetsu Dachi: half-moon stance (e.g. in the kata Hangetsu) Kiba Dachi: horse stance/side stance (e.g. in the Tekki katas) Kokutsu Dachi: back stance (in almost all Shotokan katas; usually first learned in Heian Shodan) Kosa Dachi: cross-legged stance (e.g. in the kata Heian Yondan)
Shotokan involves long, deep stances and powerful long range techniques. Shito-ryu, on the other hand, uses more upright stances and stresses speed rather than power in its long and middle range techniques. Wado-ryu too employs shorter, more natural stances and the style is characterised by the emphasis on body shifting to avoid attacks.
Naihanchi (ナイハンチ) (or Naifanchi (ナイファンチ), Tekki (鉄騎)) is a karate kata, performed in straddle stance (naihanchi-dachi (ナイハンチ立ち) / kiba-dachi (騎馬立ち)). It translates to 'internal divided conflict'. The form makes use of in-fighting techniques (i.e. tai sabaki (whole body movement)) and grappling. In ...
Karate techniques. A number of karate techniques are used to deliver strikes to the human body. These techniques are delivered from a number of stances. The karateka uses a number of blocks to protect themselves against these strikes. [1]
Hachiji dachi (八字立:はちじだち) is a stance used in karate. In English, hachiji roughly translates to "the character for eight," [ 1] but in context means something more like "shaped like number eight." Note that this refers to the shape of the kanji for the number eight: 八, [ 2] not the arabic numeral "8". Dachi (立:だち), the ...
Jion. Jion 慈恩 ("Temple Sound" [citation needed]) is a representative kata in the Shotokan system because of the importance of the perfection of the basic stances it contains, notably zenkutsu dachi (front stance) and kiba dachi (horse stance). Also practiced in some Shitō-ryū organizations, emphasis is also placed on Kokutsu dachi, or ...
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