Tekki Shodan

Picture credit to Shihan Andre Bertel, a fine technician of Shotokan Karate and longtime student of the late Master Tetsuhiko Asai (pictured).

http://andrebertel.blogspot.com/

I found this GIF on tumblr and fixed it up to match the tempo of the kata a bit better

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Tekki Shodan, by Master Funakoshi - 1924

Notice how the kata has changed over the last 85+ years.

Tekki Shodan. I’m trying to figure out how old I was in this pic…..

Master Gichin Funakoshi - Tekki Shodan

Tekki Shodan