Did you know that our Shuseki Shihan Tetsuhiko Asai (10th Dan IJKA), our late chief instructor, taught five natural element kata. The first of these is amongst the standard 31 kata, which you will know as Unsu (Kumo no te). The other four are Kashu (Hi no te), Roshu (Nami no te), Hushu (Kaze no te) and Suishu (Mizu no te). These kata take one's karate TO THE EXTREME when they are taught properly as Asai Shihan intended. Our dojo works hard to preserve Shihan's Martial Arts Kata precisely as he taught them to us through the 90's until his passing away in 2006. This is a key mission of IJKA New Zealand and the Christchurch Shotokan Karatedo Club.
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OSS, Lyall Stone.
Christchurch Shotokan Karate Chief Instructor
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