Heian Shodan

Shotokan Fitness Karate School

London, Uk

Kata

Instructions

Start to your left by (moving left leg) doing downward block – lunge punch
Now look over your front shoulder move the (front leg) and do the same on the opposite side

Now look over your front shoulder moving the (front leg again) doing downward block in the front stance

Continue performing 3 times (rising block in front stance) on the last one say KIIA

Look over your back shoulder moving your (back leg) and do downward block – lunge punch in front stance
Now look over your front shoulder moving the (front leg) and do the same on the opposite side

Now you coming back again; Looking over your front shoulder moving the (front leg) do downward block in front stance

Now continue performing 3 times (lunge punch in front stance) on the last one say KIIA

Now looking over your back shoulder moving your (back leg) and do downwards block – lunge punch – in front stance
Now look over your front shoulder moving the (front leg) do the same on the opposite site

Moving the front leg – come back to the starting point – to finish

and B O W

End of Kata

The kata is made

of the

Following

techniques

fig 1 Zenkutsu dachi – Gedan barai — Front stance – Downwards block

fig 2 Oi zuki – Zenkutsu dachi — Lunge punch – Front stance

fig 4 Tettsui uchi — Hammer fist strike

fig 7 Age uke — Rising block

fig 18 Kokutsu dachi – Shuto uke — Knife hand block – Back stance