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Shotokan Karate-Do

Okinawan Te via Itosu/Funakoshi lineage; standardised by the Japan Karate Association. Read here as behaviour: what it does, at what range, by what mechanism.

Origin Okinawan Te via Itosu/Funakoshi lineage; standardised by the Japan Karate Association 12 forms 63 techniques 0 concepts Signature [T1/T2][S2/S1][M1/M3]
See it first

The forms, at a glance

Imagery leads. Statistics support. Scroll the forms, then read the shape they make together below.

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FormBassai Dai (sequence)
FormEmpi (sequence)
FormHeian Godan (sequence)
FormHeian Nidan (sequence)
FormHeian Sandan (sequence)
FormHeian Shodan (sequence)
FormHeian Yondan (sequence)
FormJiin (sequence)
Inside the system

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Each category is its own index. Techniques carry coordinates; forms carry ordered actions; concepts carry the principles behind them.

Forms
Sequences

Forms

Solo and partner sequences attached to this art.

12 forms
Techniques
Vocabulary

Techniques

The primitive vocabulary, each placed at a T/S/M coordinate when coded.

63 techniques
Concepts
Principles

Concepts

The ideas that shape delivery.

0 concepts
Statistical analysis

The behavioural signature

Computed from techniques in this art that carry T·S·M facet codes. Empty until those codes exist.

Temporal — who acts firstn=62 techniques
T1 55%T2 45%
Spatial — range of resolutionn=62 techniques
S2 55%S1 37%S3 8%
Modal — mechanismn=62 techniques
M1 40%M3 40%M2 16%M4 3%

Derived formula

[T1/T2][S2/S1][M1/M3]