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Videos

Shotokan

JKA Blue Video - Sensei Asai performs Empi

Old Version - JKA video from 1960-1962

Kanazawa Sensei - performs empi

Reverse view of empi

Training video - Empi performed slowly

Wado-Ryu

Wanshu - Wado version

Wanshu -

Wanshu - alternate video

Go Kan Ryu - Empi

Competition Footage

Junior Lefevre - Performs Empi at the 1999 Belgian Open

2002 KUGB National Championships

Junior Lefevre - Empi performed at the 2003 Belgian Championships

Team Empi - From the 2003 Belgian Championships

Empi Bunkai demonstration

Kata Guides

visual chart

walk through

Photographic guide

Empi

The Flight of the Swallow

So named because its many up and down movements remind many of a swallow in flight. Empi is an optional kata for 1st Dan in Shotokan Karate, and is popular as a competition kata because of the degree of athleticism required to perform its many twists and drops.

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