All our Kata starts from Kesshu Dachi. You should be chosoku (controlling your breathing) and have happo moku (八方目, 8th Direction – not another Camden band but having awareness in all directions). Each section starts and ends with full Zanshin (残心 awareness after rapid movements).
Here we list out the count for the Tenchi Ken series.
Tenchi Ken Dai-sankei (1)
Preparation: assume ichiji gamae.
Rhythm: 1 2 3 – 4 5 – 6 7-8
“ichi! ni! san!”
1) Left foot forward with mae chidori ashi (前千鳥足), left fist delivers jodan yoko furi zuki (横振突) directly ahead.
2) Right fist delivers chudan gyaku zuki 30 degrees to the right. Left hand in front of chest.
3) Right leg delivers mawashi geri 60 degrees to the right; bring foot down on a line 90o (a quarter turn) from original facing, and whole body turns to face 90o.
“shi! go!”
4) Stepping forward with right mae chidori ashi, right hand delivers shuto giri. Left hand in front of chest.
5) Left fist delivers chudan gyaku zuki. Right hand in front of chest.
“roku! shichi!”
6) Stepping back with left jun sagari, uke with right hand.
7) Right leg delivers keri age (蹴上) and returns to original position.
“hach!”
8) Turn head to look in the opposite direction; then step across with right yoko kagi ashi and execute zen tenkan. Assume hidari ichiji gamae. Zanshin.
Tenchi Ken Dai 4
Rhythm: 12 – 34 – 56 – 7 – 8
This explanation is from: hidari ichiji gamae (remember to practice it from both sides)
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I) Shifting weight to the left foot, jump while delivering right gyaku geri.
2) Tobi geri with left leg to complete tobi ni ren geri (all while in ichiji gamae).
3) Immediately upon landing, deliver shuto giri with the left hand. Cover with your right fist.
4) Right fist delivers chudan gyaku zuki to complete the sequence. Left fist in the correct game cover postion.
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5) Stepping back with right jun sagari, shita uke with left hand. Right hand in front of the chest.
6) Deliver keri age and immediately return to original position.
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7) Turn head to the right and draw out left foot to perform migi hand tenken. You should be where you started, but now in migi ichiii gamae.
Tenchi Ken Dai 5
Rhythm: 12 – 34 – 56 – 78 – 9 – 10
From: migi ichiji gamae.
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l) Turn left foot sideways, execute uchi harai uke with right hand. Left fist in cover position in front of your chest.
2) Right leg delivers keri age and returns to original position.
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3) Turn right foot in mae kagi ashi and uchi harai with left hand. Right fist covering.
4) While assuming ichiji gamae, deliver “taka geri” (get a prize if you find out what this actually means) with left leg. Once complete, bring leg down, move forward and slightly sideways (fuji komi- another prize is up for grabs).
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5) Turn left foot in mae kagi ashi and execute uchi harai with right hand. Left fist in front of chest.
6) Deliver right sokuto geri and immediately pull leg to balance on one leg back tsuru ashi dachi. All while pivoting to face left.
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7) Put right foot down forward and sideways to assume the stance for jodan choku zuki (直突), and deliver it with right hand. Left hand in front of chest.
8) Execute soto uke with right fist and bring it in front of the chest. Left fist delivers chudan gyaku zuki.
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9) Shifting the weight to the back foot, execute a wide uchi harai with closed right fist. Move into gedan gamae.
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10) Stepping across in right yoko kagi ashi, turn head to the rear. Execute uchi harai with open left hand and perform zen tenkan. Assume hidari ichiji gamae. Maintain an epic Zanshin – just one more to go…
Tenchi Ken Dai 6
Rhythm 12-34-567-8-9-10
From: Hidari ichiji gamae
1) Draw right foot in with mae yose ashi, and execute uchi harai with left hand.
2) Left leg performs yoko geri to the left. Right hand in fist and left hand maintains ichiji gamae.
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3) Cross left leg in front of right in juji ashi and execute uchi harai with right hand. Execute soto uke with left fist.
4) Deliver yoko geri with right leg, pulling it back in immediately to assume tsuru ashi dachi.
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5) Set foot down in a roughly diagonal motion to assume stance for jodan choku zuki, and deliver it with right fist.
6) Left fist delivers chudatl gyaku zuki.
7) Assume kokutsu dachi and deliver right jodan modori zuki.
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8) Deliver right keri age and return foot immediately to its original position.
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9) Drawing out the right foot, turn to the left with han tenkan while executing uchi harai with left hand. Assume hidari ichiji gamae. Zanshin.
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10) Mae yose ashi (前寄) to assume Kesshu dachi, chosoku, happo moku. Gassho rei.