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Kihon & Kata: Building Your Martial Arts Foundation

byGojudo KarateTraining at Parel dojo, MumbaiStarts from1,000 per month per studentView full gallery

Every punch and kick starts with the basics. Discover how our Kihon and Kata sessions in Parel build the discipline required for real combat.

Senpai Vicky Sir demonstrates a fundamental combination. This sequence includes moving forward in Zenkutsu-dachi (front stance) with an Oi-zuki (lunge punch) and Gyaku-zuki (reverse punch), building coordination and power.

A look inside a typical training session, filled with Kihon Waza (basic techniques) and Kata practice. From our youngest to our senior students, everyone works together to perfect their stances, blocks, and strikes.

This is a memory from 2012, showing our Senpais performing the Gekisai Dai Ichi Kata as a team. Their perfect synchronization, power, and coordination impressed everyone present, including international masters.

Highlights from a recent local grading exam at our Lalbaug dojo. You can see students of all levels performing their katas and demonstrating their physical conditioning under the pressure of examination.

About Building the Foundation: Kihon & Kata

At our Parel dojo, we do not rush through the basics just to get to sparring. You will spend significant time in Zenkutsu-dachi and other stances because that is where your balance and power come from. Whether you are a beginner or looking to perfect your form for belt exams, we focus on the repetitive conditioning that makes the movement second nature.