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Shotokan Kata Video Empi Kata

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Uploaded by on Jun 6, 2011

http://karateclassesonline.com Here is a quick shotokan kata video. Empi kata is normally a brown belt intermediate shotokan kata. Empi, is a kata practiced by the Shotokan school of karate and some other styles. Empi means Flying Swallow and is also referred to as enpi..

Empi comes from the Okinawan martial art of Tomari-te, where it first appeared in 1683. Many karate historians believe it originates from Chinese boxing. It was originally called Wansu. Master Gichin Funakoshi changed the name to Empi when he exported karate to the Japanese mainland in the 1920s. http://karateclassesonline.com

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  • this guy is so rapid and controlled. very nice.

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