This video demonstrates and explains the kata Gojushiho-sho according to the SKIF system of training. The kata is performed step-by-step with a focus on the key points.
Folks, he explains this. In JKA, this is Gojushiho Dai. In his organization ( SKIF ) this is the Sho version. This actually makes more sense for this to be the Sho version because it's technically harder and more nuanced.
First of all I want to sincerely thank you for sharing your knowledge, you are one of the people who has the gift to explain in a simple and clear. I apologize if my English is not correct, my native language is Spanish. Oss
The two Gojushiho katas originate from a kata known as Useishi. Both Gojushiho and Useishi mean the same thing - 54 steps. Sensei Funakoshi attempted to rename the kata as "Hotaku" which means "Woodpecker", but for some reason this failed to stick, and it reverted to its rather more prosaic current name. There are different theories as to the origin of "Hotaku" as a name - it could refer to either the repeated nukite strikes, or the forward head movement which appear in both versions of the kata, or even to both. More than any other pairing, the similarities in the structures of these two katas are very obvious. Each technique in one kata has an exact counterpart in the other, and the rhythm and embusen of the two are identical. The naming of which is Sho and Dai is more problematic. Sensei Nakayama’s naming scheme has the back stance/shihon nukiteversion named Sho, and the cat stance/ippon nukite version named Dai. Sensei Kanazawa, however, names them the other way around. Who is right? Most of the karate world (including the SKA) follows Sensei Nakayama’s naming, yet examining the two katas suggests that Sensei Kanazawa may be correct. What is widely known as the Sho kata is clearly more mainstream in its stances and techniques, with its thematic repeated movement using back stance, front stance, and large scale movements, as opposed to the cat stance and intricate hand movements of Gojushiho Dai. Following our suggested naming convention, should not the names be reversed? One story about the reason for this relates that at a competition in Japan, a high ranking instructor stepped up to perform this kata. He announced one kata, and then proceeded to give a perfect performance of the other. Unsure of what to do, the judges awarded him the win, and from that point on everyone referred to the katas using reversed names. There doesn’t seem to be much concrete evidence to back this story up, but it’s all too believable. Whatever the truth, Sensei Nakayama’s names are now the mainstream.
Love your videos. Interestingly, in Nakayama's JKA book 'best karate', he puts these Gojo katas in the order of dai before sho, and appears to say that the JKA 'sho' version is derived from the dai kata. Do you know if Kanazawa switched the names around, or was it Funakoshi or Nakayama, or someone else?
hello Sensei . I would like to ask you that i live in Austria in a City which there is unfortunately no karate dojo . if I practice with myself would i actually learn it ?
Definitely you can learn but the problem is how good you can use it when in need... Cause you need a partner for practice and someone to correct you and your partner when you are practicing the techniques. But still i encourage you coz something is better than nothing.
You’re beginning to tread a minefield . Right or wrong I didn’t know, take a look at jiin ohta and Kanazawa. Keep watching until you spot the difference. And there is a difference a big difference, why there different I don’t know, just that they are. As I said minefield. My opinion is know the difference take it onboard and keep training. Happy training everyone
This is not Gojushiho sho It is Kata Hotaku ;D It wasn't even a Gojushiho when it was developed and only renamed so by Funakoshi Gichin So yeah the original Gojushiho is the other one and whether you call it sho or dai these days just is completly irrelevant if you know this Katas background
This is ~godjoshihu dai~, those two kata are SO DIFFRENT! just the name being mastaken changes A LOT, so please try not to mix godjoshihu sho and godjoshihu dai
