Tekki Nidan

Tekki Nidan is the second in a series of kata (the others being Shodan and Sandan) that was once the backbone of the Shuri te school of karate from which Shotokan emerged.

Though the Tekki kata are now split into three and performed separately, author Nathan Johnson has argued that the three forms should be linked together in one unbroken pattern. The ending of Shodan and the beginning of Nidan, as well as the end of Nidan and start of Sandan, are therefore 'false' beginnings and endings.

Master Kanazawa performing Tekki Nidan