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The Fukyugata are the first two kata that are taught atWright State Karate. During the study of these kata, the student should focus on learned the techniques and stances, and putting them together to perform the kata. Only the first Fukyugata is generally taught during the first quarter of study, to allow the student time to learn the kicks and hand techiques that compose the basic techniques and the kata.
The kamai position for both of the Fukyugata Kata is (formal attention stance: chokuritsu-fudo-dachi):
Hands raise directly from sides to solar plexus, palms flat to chest, left hand on top, press hands down to belt level, facing body.
Two Fukyugata commonly practiced today were composed by Shoshin Nagamine, the originator of Matsubyashi-ryu karate, and Chojun Miyagi, the originator of Gojo-ryu karate, because the kata of the Shuri and Naha schools had been too difficult for beginners. In 1940, two of the compositions were authorized to be the formal basic kata by the special committee of Okinawa karate-do organized and summoned by Gen Hayakawa, then governor of Okinawa Prefecture.
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