Kanazawa also mentioned that this kata was introduced into the JKA before its sibling, and this explained why the JKA decided to call it вЂњdaiвЂќ when they introduced the second Gojushiho into the syllabus. In fact, Kanazawa is on record as saying that when he formed SKIF he changed the names of the two kata as he felt that the вЂњshoвЂќ designation suited the smaller, more difficult, kata better. The oft-repeated story about the JKA having to rename the Gojushiho kata due to a tournament mix-up and Kanazawa Hirokazu, because of his seniority, keeping the original names in his SKIF organisation is without foundation. GojЕ«shiho ShЕЌ and GojЕ«shiho Dai are two versions in Shotokan of the ShЕЌrin-ryЕ« kata called Useishi (54) or GojЕ«shiho. Another 'shuto' technique as 'shuto-nagashi-uke' or 'knife-hand-flowing-block' has become the unique characteristic of Gojushiho because of flowing movement which is not merely interpreted as 'block', but 'throw'. Rather it was throwing technique in 'aiki-jujutsu'. 'Tate-shuto-uke' does not resemble other shuto uke which resemble as 'block technique'. Gojushiho movement is quite similar with Aikido grappling technique in terms of flowing knife hand or 'tate-shuto-uke' or vertical knife hand block. GojЕ«shiho Dai consists of many advanced open-handed techniques and attacks to the collar-bone. GojЕ«shiho ShЕЌ begins straight off with a wide variety of advanced techniques and, as such, is highly recommended for study. The embusen of both GojЕ«shiho ShЕЌ and GojЕ«shiho Dai are nearly identical. An advantage of the two versions of the kata is to better master the difficult techniques presented therein, but not without facing some confusion, for many sequences are the same and others only slightly different. In some styles of karate, there are two versions of this kata - GojЕ«shiho ShЕЌ and GojЕ«shiho Dai. Gojushiho was developed by Sokon Matsumura, one of the key founders of Okinawan martial arts and named it 'Uesheishi', which literally means 54 methods in Chinese. The embusen of both 'Gojushiho-Dai' and 'Gojushiho-Sho' are nearly identical.GojЕ«shiho ( дє”еЌЃе››ж©, lit. GojЕ«shiho-Sho ('Dai' in JKA) consists of many advanced open-handed techniques and attacks to the collar-bone (Ippon Nukite). Gojushiho-Dai ('Sho' in JKA) begins straight off with a wide variety of advanced techniques and, as such, is highly recommended for study. Regardless, for reasons unknown, the name Hotaku was never really accepted, leaving both kata with the title Gojushiho This was also because master Kanazawa is a higher ranked instructor and refuses to change the original names.ДЄt one time, Gichin Funakoshi even tried to change the name of the kata (Gojushiho-Sho) to Hotaku, meaning 'woodpecker,' due to the frequency of poking strikes found within the kata.

Within the Shotokan Karate-do International Federation (SKIF) of Kanazawa Hirokazu, the 'Dai' and 'Sho' forms are kept to their original names to coincide with 'Dai'В meaning 'Major'В and 'Sho'В meaning Minor. (Japan Karate Association) kata and still they are using the changed name instead of the original one. After this event there was a name change then original вЂњGojushiho-DaiвЂќ name changed to вЂњGojushiho-ShoвЂќ and vice versa. Sometime in the 1960s or 1970s when a high-ranking JKA instructor announced 'Gojushiho-Dai'В and then performed 'Gojushiho-Sho' at the All-Japan Karate Championships.

In Shotokan there are two versions of this kata - 'Gojushiho Dai' and 'Gojushiho Sho'. Gojushiho (дє”еЌЃе››ж©) means '54 steps' and is a kata practiced in karate.

Gojushiho dai kata