Preliminary Period

Burauen Community College Modular Instruction

First Year General Criminology Education Courses (BSCrim)
Pob. Dist. 9, san Diego, Burauen, Leyte
First Semester, SY 2023- 2024

Module 1: Prelim
Introduction to Martial Arts

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Burauen Community College Modular Instruction
First Year General Criminology Education Courses (BSCrim)
Pob. Dist. 9, san Diego, Burauen, Leyte
First Semester, SY 2023- 2024

INTRODUCTION

Karate is a dynamic, explosive, and highly rewarding martial art that

combines physical fitness with mental and spiritual training. It is ideal for
all ages, and it has something to offer to everyone. Above all when you
begin your karate journey, you are throwing down a challenge to your
mind, body and spirit, a challenge that will build strength of character and
help you to overcome your fears. This is a perfect way to supplement your
training whether you are taking up karate for the first time or already have
some training under your belt. This is an ideal training aid and can be used
anytime and anywhere so there is no excuse for not practicing your
techniques.

First, don't be surprised by the mixed grades. This shouldn't be a

problem because a good instructor will be able to cater for you as well as
for the senior students. And don't worry if you feel nervous to start off
with. It will help to keep you on your toes. Each class will start and end
with a formal bow to the instructor, followed by a general warm up.
Classes are roughly one to two hours in duration. Karatedo is literally the
art of the empty hand. Kara meaning empty, te meaning hand and do means
art. The student must often stand on one foot to attack or defend. Thus,
balance is very important and lowering your body will make your punch
and kick strong and it’s easier to move if your center of gravity is in the
middle of your body or between your feet. But, sometimes the distribution
of your weight me depends on what technique you will be using as it may
shift your weight to your front leg or back leg.

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Burauen Community College Modular Instruction
First Year General Criminology Education Courses (BSCrim)
Pob. Dist. 9, san Diego, Burauen, Leyte
First Semester, SY 2023- 2024

BRIEF HISTORY OF KARATE

The origin of karate dates back more than a thousand years. Back in
the days in a Shao Lin monastery in China, students taught physical
training methods in order to build endurance and physical strength. This
physical training known today as Shao Lin art of fighting. This martial art
was imported to Okinawa, Japan and blended with local fighting
techniques there which we know today as Karate. Gichin Funakoshi is the
most popular martial artist in karate which made the karate very popular
not only in Japan but all over the world. He is the founder of Shotokan
karate which is also the most practice type of karate discipline today.

Gichin Funakoshi introduce karate to the public in 1992 when he was

invited to lecture and demonstrate at an exhibition of traditional martial
arts sponsored by the Ministry of Education. During his demonstration
many people are been impressed which give ways to have many requests
from the people to teach in Tokyo. This is the beginning where he teaches
in different universities in Japan and he was able to established the
Shotokan in 1936. Karate is taught to be a self-defense martial art using
only parts of your body to protect yourself. This been practice by Japanese
with discipline and great respect which you can only use this art to defend
yourself and not to attack somebody. Today karate is widely taught in
many clubs, schools especially for criminology students as their physical
education subject in the Philippines. This is also part of training program
for policemen and armed forces in Japan.

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Burauen Community College Modular Instruction
First Year General Criminology Education Courses (BSCrim)
Pob. Dist. 9, san Diego, Burauen, Leyte
First Semester, SY 2023- 2024

BASIC TRAINING EXERCISES

Choku zuki - (Basic straight punch)

from shizen tai (standing position, feet apart).

 Ten times slow, ten times fast. Brown belts add in hip
vibration but be careful not to become sloppy.

Mae geri - (Front kick)

from heisoku dachi (feet together, knees and ankles bent).

 Ten times slowly, with two counts – pausing after recoil to

practice your balance and use your stomach muscles to lift
your hip and knee.
 Ten times fast, single count.

Gedan barai - (Downward block) in zenkutsu dachi (front stance)

Kizami zuki jodan/gyaku zuki chudan - (jab to face, opening hip; reverse
punch to stomach, rotating hip square)

 Twenty times slowly (ten for each punch).

 Twenty times fast.
 Ten times double punching (speeding up the tempo to make
quick two-punch combination).

Gedan barai - (downward block) in zenkutsu dachi (front stance)

Mae geri in place, returning to same stance, basic kamae (hands to side, like
holding buckets of water).

 Ten times slowly, double count pausing after recoil, before

returning foot to the floor behind you.
 Ten times slowly, single count fluid coil, snap, and recoil, with
proper control of the foot, presenting the ball of the foot as the
weapon.
 Ten times fast.

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First Semester, SY 2023- 2024

Stand, and repeat on the other side.

Above all training exercises, you can accompany this with jogging, push
ups and sit ups to improve your stamina and strength.

KARATE TERMINOLOGY

Numbers
When counting for class, just pronounce the first syllable of disyllabic
numbers (i.e., ich, rok, shich, hach), for shorter, sharper counting.
1. Ichi
2. Ni
3. San
4. Shi
5. Go
6. Roku
7. Shichi
8. Hachi
9. Ku (Kyuu)
10.Juu

Stances
 Hachinoji-Dachi – Ready stance
 Zenkutsu-Dachi – Front stance
 Kou-Kutsu-Dachi – Back stance
 Kiba-Dachi – Horse stance / Saddle stance
 Neko-Dachi – Cat stance
 Sochin-Dachi/Fudou-Dachi – Sochin Stance / Immovable stance
 Sanchin-Dachi – Hourglass stance
 Hangetsu-Dachi – Half-moon” stance

Arm attacks
 Tsuki – Punch
 Oi-Zuki – Lunge punch
 Gyaku-Zuki – Reverse punch
 Kizami-Zuki – jab punch
 Nukite – Spear-hand (Thrust)

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First Semester, SY 2023- 2024

 Ura-ken – Back hand (Strike)

 Empi – Elbow (Strike)

Leg attacks
 Keri – Kick
 Mae-Geri – Front (Snap) kick
 Mawashi-Geri – Round house kick
 Yoko-Geri Kekomi – Side thrust kick
 Yoko-Geri Keage – Side snap kick
 Ushiro-Geri – Back (thrust) kick

Attacking levels
 jou-dan – “upper level” / face
 chuudan – “middle level” / stomach / solar plexus
 gedan – “lower level” / groin

Blocks
 age-uke – rising block
 ude-uke – “arm block”, often used to mean outside block
 soto-uke – outside block (see above)
 uchi-uke – inside block
 gedan barai – down block / “lower-level sweep”
 shuto-uke – knife-hand block
 nagashi-uke – “flushing block” / deflecting block
 kakiwake-uke – two-handed “separating” block
 juuji-uke – two-handed “cross” block

Kata
Translations are approximate transliterations of the Chinese characters
used to “spell” the kata names.

 Kata – Form(s)
 Heian Shodan – Peaceful Mind One
 Heian Nidan – Peaceful Mind Two
 Neian Sandan – Peaceful Mind Three
 Yeian Yondan – Peaceful Mind Four
 Neian Godan – Peaceful Mind Five Universe

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 Tekki Shodan –Iron horse one

 Bassai Dai – Penetrating the portress-big
 Empi – flight of the swallow
 Jion – Love and goodness
 Kankuu Dai – To look at the sky
 Jutte/jitte – ten hands
 Hangetsu – half-moon
 Tekki Nidan - Iron horse two
 Tekki Sandan - Iron Horse Three
 Nijuushiho – Twenty-four steps
 Gankaku – Crane of the Rock
 Sochin [sou-chin] – Preserve Peace
 bassai Dai[shou] – Penetrating fortress
 kankuu sho [shou] – To look at the sky-small
 Unsu [unsuu] – Cloud hands
 Gojuushiho (dai) – Fifty-four steps-small
 Gojuushiho sho [shou] – Fifty-four steps-big
 Meikyo [meikyou] – Mirror of the soal
 Ji’in – Named after Saint
 Chinte – Incredible hands
 Wankan – Crown of king

Kumite
 Kumite – Sparring
 Kihon Gohon kumite – Basic five-step sparring
 Kihon Sanbon kumite – Basic three-step sparring
 Kihon Ippon kumite – Basic one-step sparring
 Jiyuu Ippon kumite – Semi-free one-step sparring
 Jiyuu kumite – Free sparring

Other words
 Kihon – Basic(s)
 Ki-ai – Spirit focus/a focusing yell
 Kime – Decision/focus
 Rei – Bow
 Youi – Get ready/Often a command to stand in Hachinoji-Dachi
 Yame – Stop

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First Year General Criminology Education Courses (BSCrim)
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First Semester, SY 2023- 2024

 Yasume – Rest, Relax

 Maware/Mawatte – Turn
 Hajime – Begin
 Mokusou – Quiet meditation
 Dojo – Way place, the place where you train
 Dojo Kun – Dojo desiderata
 Seiza – Proper sitting/Kneeling
 Sempai – Senior student
 Kou-Hai – Junior student

DOJO KUN

Ichi. To seek the perfection of character.

Ni. To follow the path of truth.
San. To cultivate the spirit of effort
Shi. To esteem etiquette.
Go. To admonish brute courage.

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