jitte

shotokan karatedo kata

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[chickenisgoodish]

@Toxeh Yes.

[nikulind]

hi ppl

[TheDan211]

I don't think it's tonfas, unless he randomly picked them up and then dropped them again throughout the fictional battle?

I think it's signifying that he's either holding the a staff horizontally above his head, or that he's blocking two attacks at once. The behind arm is perhaps a Flare effect, to make himself seem bigger and subtley intimidate other enemies that might be in the room?

Ther'es probably more than one official interpretaiton, too.

[vampgirl109]

imagine somenoe is coming at you with a staff if u blocked it like that u would damage ur arm i was tought that by a highly respected shotakan teacher who has trained with kanazawa many times and has been told he should be on the AMA panel the ama is the biggest federation in the uk u may of heard of him he is called terry rooke

[Mamapie1]

He is Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa and he is the only living 10th Dan in SHotokan style karate in the world. I got to do a seminar w/ him and he was amazing and very very humble.

[Toxeh]

Isn't Rohai the other name for Meikyo??

[toru315]

Jitte is mainly a kata to defend against the boh (Japanese staff). Many points two hands are used to control the opponent's weapon. The cross block in the air is used to jam a downward strike from a staff and throw the staff out of the way. I've never heared of the hands mimicking the use of tonfas, but it is possible in the older base okinawan styles sinces tonfas where incorporated into those katas.

[bkanobe]

I believe in old style, this is supposed to mimic holding tonfas. I've been told this by someone far, far better than I.

[christopherfarrell]

This guy is my favorite to watch of all the shotokan kata people that I can find on the web right now

[wlow79]

Hi,

Why does he hold his two fists in the air?

What is that supposed to do?

I understand that Kata mimicks real fighting situations.

thanks