Heian 4
The Steps:
As always, begin the Kata in Attention Stance, with feet together, hands at your side and eyes forward. Every Kata begins and ends from this stance with a bow.
As always, begin the Kata in Attention Stance, with feet together, hands at your side and eyes forward. Every Kata begins and ends from this stance with a bow.
- Horse stance with a left facing open hand U block
- Hands come down & back up into a right facing open hand U block
- Left foot slides out into Left kata stance with a Lower X block over the Left knee
- Step forward into a Right Kata stance with a Right Isometric Inside block
- Left foot to right, hands come up (hands in fists with palms facing) - Left side kick & left back fist into a left kata stance - Left elbow strike (bring the right hand around so that the elbow strikes the palm)
- Right foot to left, hands come up (hands in fists with palms facing) - Right side kick & right back fist into a right kata stance - Right elbow strike (bring the left hand around so that the elbow strikes the palm)
- 90 degree turn left into a left kata stance hands come up in a inverted shuto strike with the left hand (right hand also shuto covers at forehead)
- Right front kick into a right kata stance with a downward press block (like an inside block that moves downward)
- Left foot turns facing a 45 degree angle behind your previous movement - middle level double X block (arms cross chest in an X before opening into a double block)
- Right front kick followed by a left then right middle reverse punches while in a Right kata stance
- Right foot turns to opposite 45 degree angle - middle level double X block (arms cross chest in an X before opening into a double block)
- Left front kick followed by a right then left middle reverse punches while in a Left kata stance
- Left foot to right & then sliding out into a left kata stance (facing the location you began your kata) with a left isometric inside block
- Step forward into a right kata stance with a right isometric inside block
- Step forward into a left kata stance with a left isometric inside block
- Reach up as if grabbing the ears of an attacker, pull down into your right knee with a KIA! - when your right foot lands turn facing forward with a left shuto block
- Step forward into a right kata stance with a right shuto block