Gichin Funakoshi rare photos – fist, stance and throws

How to Make a Fist

In these photographs, Gichin Funakoshi demonstrates how to form a fist, the spear-hand position (nukite) and its two-finger variant (nihon-nukite).

Basic stances

Heisoku dachi, Hachiji dachi, Zenkutsu dachi, Kokutsu dachi, Nekoashi dachi and Naihanchi dachi, together with punching practice.

Throwing techniques

Nejidaoshi, Kusariwa, Taniotoshi, Yaritama, Kubiwa and Nodo-osae.

1. Rare photographs of Gichin Funakoshi
2. The Twenty Precepts of Karate
3. Master Funakoshi’s kata