Photo (video still): a karateka of the German women's team in white gi and black belt in a back stance with one arm extended, performing Nijushiho at a JKA tournament
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Record 015 · Niseishi / Nijushiho · 1922

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Nijushiho

JKA / Shotokan

“Nijushiho: the JKA version.”

JKA lists Nijushiho as a core kata. Kata group: Niseishi / Nijushiho. Written 二十四步. Also written Niseishi, Nijyushiho. Dated 1922: named in Funakoshi's 1922 list. 34 movements, by the organisation's count. One of several lineage versions of this kata.

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Dating

named in Funakoshi's 1922 list

  • “In his 1922 “Ryukyu Kenpo Karate,” Funakoshi also lists an additional 16 kata (Funakoshi, 1922) including: an additional Passai kata (listing both Dai & Sho) and Kushanku kata (listing both Dai & Sho), Gojushiho, Chinte, Jiin, Wandau, Rohai, Jumu, Wando, Sochin, Niseishi, Sanseiru, Suparinpei, Wankan, Kokan, and Ushu.” · fightingarts.com