Gojushiho Dai (Shotokan)

gojuGojūshiho (五十四歩 lit. 54 steps) is a kata practiced in karate. In some styles of karate, there are two versions of this kata – Gojūshiho Shō and Gojūshiho Dai. An advantage of the two versions of the kata is to better master the difficult techniques presented therein, but not without facing some confusion, for many sequences are the same and others only slightly different. The embusen of both Gojūshiho Shō and Gojūshiho Dai are nearly identical. Gojūshiho Shō begins straight off with a wide variety of advanced techniques and, as such, is highly recommended for study. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojushiho)

Kata

Embusen

gojushiho-dai

Bunkai