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[Taikyoku series] Niju shi ho The Meaning of Niju shi ho is Twenty four steps
The name is said to have come from the number of foot movements in the kata. The original name of the kata was ni sei shi. The uniqueness of the kata is the smoothness of the movements and specifically the movement of the Haishu Uke found only in this kata. The kata has 33 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.