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[Taikyoku series] Goju shi ho series of Katas Goju shi ho Dai & Goju shi ho Sho The Meaning of Goju shi ho is fifty four steps Dai - Great/Big Sho - Small /Little
The katas have their origins in the Shuri Te school and are considered to be amongst the most advanced katas of Master Anko Itosu .The Dai version has 62 movements and the Sho version has 64 movements.
Kata
These three katas Taikyoku Shodan, Nidan & Sandan were developed by Yoshitaka Funakoshi Sensei, the son of Funakoshi Ginchin Dai sensei These katas are primarily to teach the absolute fundamentals of Shotokan Karate-do.