DACHI WASA (stances, basic foot movement and falling)
We teach these basic stances: shizentai, neko ashi dachi, kiba dachi, zen kutsu dachi, tsuru dachi, kosa dachi, iaigoshi dachi. All this stances can be used during fight. These stances are not low, modern stances, but high and very mobile. Beginners learn simple stepping (ashi sabaki). Also during warm-up beginners practice basic falling techniques (ukemi wasa). These techniques are essential for later learning of advanced techniques (throwing, join-locking...)

KEN WASA (fist)
Fist techniques are first to learn for beginners. Fist techniques are relatively safe and all beginners are familiar with basic use of fist. We teach old way of fist punching (as shown in Kushanku kata) without of "corkscrew" movement, aimed at various targets. Basics are: seiken choku tsuki (direct punch), kage tsuki (roundhouse punch), age tsuki (uppercut), hiraken tsuki ("hidden punch"), gedan tsuki (shock punch in genitals), uraken uchi ("backfist"), tetsui uchi ("hammer") and tomoe tsuki (double punch).

SHUTO WASA ("knife hand")
There are two basics ways of shuto, both can be used for striking and blocking is used in many ways. (1) Soto shuto is roundhouse outward knife-hand strike. (2) Shuto is snappish inward strike, usually aimed to neck.

TEISHO WASA (palm)
Palm is one of the most devastating weapons of karate. It is used for smashing various vital areas of opponent: jaw, nose, back head, elbow, floating ribs...) and for blocking.
Basics are: jodan teisho (jaw smash), soto teisho (back head smash), gyako teisho (nose smash), chudan teisho (floating ribs), gedan teisho (genitals).

NUKKI WASA (fingers)
Finger techniques are very painful when applied on opponent's soft tissues. Basics are:
nukkite tsuki (larynx grab), moroto nukite (both thumbs in opponents eyes), sagurite (eye jab) and washide ("eagle claw" - pinching).

EMPI WASA (elbow)
Elbow techniques are very powerful and effective in close distance situations. We teach three basic techniques: age empi (uppercut), mawashi empi (roundhouse) and ushiro empi (back).

GERI WASA (kicking techniques)
We are teaching only traditional kicks which can be used in real fight. There is no high, roundhouse, spinning.... kicks, just plain front and lower region techniques. Basic principle is to use whipping motion when executing kicks. These are basics: mae geri (front kick - koshi, kin or sokumen), hiza geri (knee), sokuto geri ("knee crusher"), nami geri (technique for close distance), nidan geri (double kick).

UKE WASA (defence methods)
This is very misunderstood portion of karate.
(1) Tenshin - moving away from line of attack (use of neko ashi dachi), (2) uchi uke - striking techniques used to disable attackers` limb, (3) harai uke - soft blocking, i.e. deflecting of attackers` limb, (4) hiki te - check-catch arm-pull in and (5) kake te - holding and controlling.

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