06-11-2010, 05:02 PM
Chotoku Kyan maintained the original Karate Kata forms.
The following link will allow you to compare these forms to Shotokan forms.
This will be helpful in many ways. Seeing the shifts in stance, power and technique. You can also draw the bunkai from the different versions.
Naihanchi (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/user/isshinrob#p/u/1/djZhe84MgwI
Tekki Shodan (Shotokan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNrslr9LWIw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCq_VbnS5...re=related
Kusanku (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/user/isshinrob#p/u/6/dcq7ynWQXXI
Kanku Dai (Shotokan Karate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkv8Ks_fEqk
Seisan (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCq_VbnS5...re=related
Hangestu (Shotokan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ebJlhR6Tns
Chinto (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/user/isshinrob#p/u/2/_DNrwyHUpGg
Gankaku (Shotokan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7IxomweIx8
Wansu (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/user/isshinrob#p/u/3/yaAgOCLbHDE
Empi (Shotokan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cuRkVB-xwU
The following link will allow you to compare these forms to Shotokan forms.
This will be helpful in many ways. Seeing the shifts in stance, power and technique. You can also draw the bunkai from the different versions.
Naihanchi (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/user/isshinrob#p/u/1/djZhe84MgwI
Tekki Shodan (Shotokan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNrslr9LWIw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCq_VbnS5...re=related
Kusanku (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/user/isshinrob#p/u/6/dcq7ynWQXXI
Kanku Dai (Shotokan Karate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkv8Ks_fEqk
Seisan (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCq_VbnS5...re=related
Hangestu (Shotokan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ebJlhR6Tns
Chinto (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/user/isshinrob#p/u/2/_DNrwyHUpGg
Gankaku (Shotokan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7IxomweIx8
Wansu (Isshin ryu)
http://www.youtube.com/user/isshinrob#p/u/3/yaAgOCLbHDE
Empi (Shotokan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cuRkVB-xwU