Shotokan Karate

     In Shotokan a student learns to use their body to its full potential to deliver a strike.  Karate is a fighting art composted primarily of basic punches and kicks, utilizing the legs on all techniques to develop a strong foundation.  The style is known for its driving stances, which are important for creating power in a technique.  Ideally, the karateka learns to put their entire body mass into a technique, with the purpose of finishing an opponent in a single precision blow.  Students learn to initiate techniques from the center of their body, driving the hips into a strike for maximum mass and power.  Power is generated through the use of hip rotation, hip vibration, body contraction, and body expansion.  Posture is also extremely important in developing a technique to its maximum potential.  The body's joints must be properly aligned to allow force to transfer from the fist through the shoulder, through the torso and hips, down through the legs and to the floor, and then back to the fist again.  If any one of these areas aren't properly aligned and focused, they will absorb the shock of impact and severely weaken the blow.  In Shotokan a student strives to achieve a natural posture and ease of motion so that none of the body's joints are restricted, allowing for the quickest movements in response to an opponent.  Besides technical expertise, a Karateka also develops control over his or her breathing.  Proper breathing further connects the areas of the body together, and can serve as a mental aid to enhance concentration, focus, and willpower.  Executing multiple techniques using a single exhalation helps a student flow from technique to technique more smoothly and quickly as well.

     Karate is also well known for the dance-like, flowing motions of kata.  Traditionally, kata was the core and essence of karate training.  With little in the way of organized instruction, commoners in Okinawa relied on interpreting and practicing kata, which could be taught and passed from person to person.  Kata served as study aids, leading by example in possible counters and attacks.  While still used in this fashion for training today, many of the intended purposes of these kata have been lost and forgotten.  Kata also function as exercise drills, with some kata emphasizing different muscle groups and techniques.  Lastly, kata can be quite graceful when used as a performance art, and is a popular tournament event in modern karate.

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