Photo (video still): a Shitokai karateka in white gi and black belt performing Kosokun Dai (Shito-ryu (Shitokai / WSKF)), shown full-length mid-technique against a dark backdrop
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Record 087 · Kusanku / Kanku · 1922

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Kosokun Dai

Japan Karatedo Shitokai / WSKF (全日本空手道連盟糸東会 / World Shitoryu Karatedo Federation)

“Kosokun Dai: the JKF Shitokai / WSKF version.”

JKF Shitokai / WSKF lists Kosokun Dai as a kata. Style: Shito-ryu (Shitokai / WSKF). Kata group: Kusanku / Kanku. Written 公相君大. Also written Kosoukun Dai. Dated 1922: name documented 1922 (Funakoshi).

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name documented 1922 (Funakoshi)

  • “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