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 #Slide your left foot out to #2, entering a left [[Front stance|front stance]] facing #1, extending the left sai into a [[Downward-fist block|downward block]].
 #Retract the left sai and shift into a right [[Back stance|back stance]] with a left [[Rising block|rising block]]. Shift forward into a left [[Front stance|front stance]] with a [[Reverse punch|reverse punch]].
-#Slide your left foot out to #8, entering a right [[Front stance|front stance]] facing #1, extending the right sai into a [[Downward-fist block|downward block]].
+#Slide your right foot out to #8, entering a right [[Front stance|front stance]] facing #1, extending the right sai into a [[Downward-fist block|downward block]].
 #Retract the right sai and shift into a left [[Back stance|back stance]] with a right [[Rising block|rising block]]. Shift forward into a left [[Front stance|front stance]] with a [[Reverse punch|reverse punch]].
 #Slide your left foot out to #2, entering a left [[Front stance|front stance]] facing #1, extending the left sai into a [[Downward-fist block|downward block]].

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−	'''Seisan''' means “13” in the Okinawan dialect, but no one is sure how to answer the question “13 of what?” Seisan is one of the oldest [[Kata\|kata]], and its origin has been lost to history. Seisan is an extremely popular form which is practiced by [[Intermediate ~~students~~\|intermediate]] and [[Advanced students\|advanced students]] in most [[Karate\|karate]] styles and karate-derived martial arts. When Gichin Funakoshi introduced karate to Japan, he renamed this kata Hangetsu (“Half Moon”) for marketing purposes.	+	'''Seisan''' means “13” in the Okinawan dialect, but no one is sure how to answer the question “13 of what?” Seisan is one of the oldest [[Kata\|kata]], and its origin has been lost to history. Seisan is an extremely popular form which is practiced by [[Intermediate\|intermediate]] and [[Advanced students\|advanced students]] in most [[Karate\|karate]] styles and karate-derived martial arts. When Gichin Funakoshi introduced karate to Japan, he renamed this kata Hangetsu (“Half Moon”) for marketing purposes.

	Because of its age and popularity, there are many variations and mutations of Seisan. This is especially apparent in [[Goshin-Jutsu]] [[Karate]][[Dō\|dō]], where Seisan is practiced as a [[Sai\|saijutsu]] kata, to highlight the parallels between [[Karate\|karate]] and [[Kobudō\|kobudō]].		Because of its age and popularity, there are many variations and mutations of Seisan. This is especially apparent in [[Goshin-Jutsu]] [[Karate]][[Dō\|dō]], where Seisan is practiced as a [[Sai\|saijutsu]] kata, to highlight the parallels between [[Karate\|karate]] and [[Kobudō\|kobudō]].

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 #Retract the sai and pull into a right [[Cat stance|cat stance]] facing #5, with a left [[Rising block|rising block]].
 #Slide your left foot out to #6, entering a [[Front stance|front stance]] facing #5. [[Reverse punch]], [[Front-foot punch|front-foot punch]], rear leg [[Front kick|front kick]], and [[Reverse punch|reverse punch]].
-#Quickly look over your left shoulder to #1. Right [[Nami-ashi|nami-ashi]], stepping your right foot to #5, entering a [[Horse stance|horse stance]] facing #7 with a [[Double_punch|double]] behind-the-back [[Pressing block|pressing block]], with your wrists on the back of your hips.
+#Quickly look over your left shoulder to #1. Right [[Nami-ashi uke|nami-ashi]], stepping your right foot to #5, entering a [[Horse stance|horse stance]] facing #7 with a [[Double_punch|double]] behind-the-back [[Pressing block|pressing block]], with your wrists on the back of your hips.
 #Shift into a right, one-line [[Back stance|back stance]] facing #1 with a left [[Rising block|rising block]].
 #Slide back into a right[[Cat stance|cat stance]] facing #1 while extending the left sai into a [[Downward-fist block|downward block]].
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 #Straighten your right foot, and execute a left [[Front kick|front kick]].
 #Upon re-chambering, step your left foot out to #2 entering a left [[Front stance|front stance]] facing #1 while extending the left sai into a [[Downward-fist block|downward block]]. Retract the sai and [[Reverse punch|reverse punch]].
-#Quickly look over your left shoulder to #5. Right [[Nami-ashi|nami-ashi]] stepping your right foot to #1, entering a [[Horse stance|horse stance]] facing #3 with a [[Double_punch|double]] behind-the-back [[Pressing block|pressing block]], with your wrists on the back of your hips.
+#Quickly look over your left shoulder to #5. Right [[Nami-ashi uke|nami-ashi]] stepping your right foot to #1, entering a [[Horse stance|horse stance]] facing #3 with a [[Double_punch|double]] behind-the-back [[Pressing block|pressing block]], with your wrists on the back of your hips.
 #Shift into a right, one-line [[Back stance|back stance]] facing #5 with a left [[Rising block|rising block]].
 #Slide back into a right [[Cat stance|cat stance]] facing #1 while extending the left sai into a [[Downward-fist block|downward block]].
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 #Straighten your right foot, and execute a left [[Front kick|front kick]].
 #Upon re-chambering, step your left foot out to #6 entering a left [[Front stance|front stance]] facing #5 while extending the left sai into a [[Downward-fist block|downward block]]. Retract the sai and [[Reverse punch|reverse punch.]]
-#Quickly look over your left shoulder to #1. Right [[Nami-ashi|nami-ashi]], stepping your right foot to #5, entering a [[Horse stance|horse stance]] facing #7 with a [[Double_punch|double]] behind-the-back [[Pressing block|pressing block]], with your wrists on the back of your hips.
+#Quickly look over your left shoulder to #1. Right [[Nami-ashi uke|nami-ashi]], stepping your right foot to #5, entering a [[Horse stance|horse stance]] facing #7 with a [[Double_punch|double]] behind-the-back [[Pressing block|pressing block]], with your wrists on the back of your hips.
 #Shift into a left sleeping [[Crane stance|crane stance]] facing #1 with a left [[Rising block|rising block]] and simultaneously extending the right sai with a vertical flip, pulling it to your right hip, with the tip pointing down.
 #Retract the sai and slide your right foot to #6, entering a right [[Front stance|front stance]] facing #7, extending the right sai into a horizontal strike. Rotate your right wrist counter-clockwise for a parry. Retract the sai, then [[Reverse_punch|reverse]] and [[Front-foot punch|front-foot punch]].

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−	Seisan means “13” in the Okinawan dialect, but no one is sure how to answer the question “13 of what?” Seisan is one of the oldest [[Kata\|kata]], and its origin has been lost to history. Seisan is an extremely popular form which is practiced by [[Intermediate students\|intermediate]] and [[Advanced students\|advanced students]] of most [[Karate\|karate]] styles and karate-derived martial arts. When Gichin Funakoshi introduced karate to Japan, he renamed ~~the~~ kata ~~for marketing purposes. As such, Shōtōkan stylists know Seisan as~~ Hangetsu (“Half Moon”)	+	'''Seisan''' means “13” in the Okinawan dialect, but no one is sure how to answer the question “13 of what?” Seisan is one of the oldest [[Kata\|kata]], and its origin has been lost to history. Seisan is an extremely popular form which is practiced by [[Intermediate students\|intermediate]] and [[Advanced students\|advanced students]] in most [[Karate\|karate]] styles and karate-derived martial arts. When Gichin Funakoshi introduced karate to Japan, he renamed this kata Hangetsu (“Half Moon”) for marketing purposes.

	Because of its age and popularity, there are many variations and mutations of Seisan. This is especially apparent in [[Goshin-Jutsu]] [[Karate]][[Dō\|dō]], where Seisan is practiced as a [[Sai\|saijutsu]] kata, to highlight the parallels between [[Karate\|karate]] and [[Kobudō\|kobudō]].		Because of its age and popularity, there are many variations and mutations of Seisan. This is especially apparent in [[Goshin-Jutsu]] [[Karate]][[Dō\|dō]], where Seisan is practiced as a [[Sai\|saijutsu]] kata, to highlight the parallels between [[Karate\|karate]] and [[Kobudō\|kobudō]].

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	The opponent at #1 regains their composure, and you try to back away, but they try to break your back with a horizontal “baseball” swing, which you block (Movement 47). The opponent at #7 also regains their composure, and attacks the side of your right knee as the opponent at #1 comes in with a downward strike. You simultaneously evade and block both attacks (Movement 48). You strike the [[Kyūsho#Temples\|temple]] or [[Kyūsho#Eyes\|eyes]] of the opponent at #7, using the tines of the sai to trap the bō of the attacker at #1, and pulling it to your hip with your [[Reciprocal action\|reciprocal action]]. The blinded or disoriented opponent at #7 drops their bō, and grabs your sai with their left hand, in a desperate attempt to disarm you. You parry his hand to the side, like an inside [[Wrist_releases\|wrist release]], and finish him off with punches to the [[Kyūsho#Solar_plexus\|solar plexus]] or [[Kyūsho#Windpipe\|throat]] (Movement 49). Finally, you assume a [[Fighting stance\|fighting stance]] to stop the weary, hapless original attacker at #1 who eventually flees in terror rather than face an additional beating (Movement 50). Having abandoned their violent intentions, they are not to be pursued, enabling you to astonish dazzled onlookers with your saijutsu ''prownness'' (Movement 51).		The opponent at #1 regains their composure, and you try to back away, but they try to break your back with a horizontal “baseball” swing, which you block (Movement 47). The opponent at #7 also regains their composure, and attacks the side of your right knee as the opponent at #1 comes in with a downward strike. You simultaneously evade and block both attacks (Movement 48). You strike the [[Kyūsho#Temples\|temple]] or [[Kyūsho#Eyes\|eyes]] of the opponent at #7, using the tines of the sai to trap the bō of the attacker at #1, and pulling it to your hip with your [[Reciprocal action\|reciprocal action]]. The blinded or disoriented opponent at #7 drops their bō, and grabs your sai with their left hand, in a desperate attempt to disarm you. You parry his hand to the side, like an inside [[Wrist_releases\|wrist release]], and finish him off with punches to the [[Kyūsho#Solar_plexus\|solar plexus]] or [[Kyūsho#Windpipe\|throat]] (Movement 49). Finally, you assume a [[Fighting stance\|fighting stance]] to stop the weary, hapless original attacker at #1 who eventually flees in terror rather than face an additional beating (Movement 50). Having abandoned their violent intentions, they are not to be pursued, enabling you to astonish dazzled onlookers with your saijutsu ''prownness'' (Movement 51).
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-When performing [[Rising block]rising blocks]] with the sai, fully rotate your wrist, so your palm faces upward. This way, the block connects with the shaft of the sai, and not your forearm. Hold the sai at a slight upward angle; this will exploit the [[Wedge technique|wedge technique]], causing the opponent’s weapons to slide off and away from you.
+When performing [[Rising block|rising blocks]] with the sai, fully rotate your wrist, so your palm faces upward. This way, the block connects with the shaft of the sai, and not your forearm. Hold the sai at a slight upward angle; this will exploit the [[Wedge technique|wedge technique]], causing the opponent’s weapons to slide off and away from you.
 [Photo of a sai rising block]

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 [Photo of a sai rising block]
-You must project the [[Ki#Unbendable_Arm|Unbendable Arm]] through the sai on all techniques. Otherwise, the sai just dangles awkwardly. Rather than treating the sai like holding a metal bar in your hand, envision the sai as being a long finger, like in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_shooting|point shooting]].
+You must project the [[Ki#Unbendable_Arm|Unbendable Arm]] through the sai on all techniques. Otherwise, the sai just dangles awkwardly. Rather than treating the sai like holding a metal bar in your hand, envision the sai as being a long finger, like in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_shooting point shooting].
 In Movement 8, you are not blocking with the crossed shafts of the sai. You are trapping a weapon between the shaft and the outer tine of each sai.

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	The first attacker recovers from being kicked, you try to back away, but they try to break your back with a horizontal “baseball” swing, which you block (Movement 33). The enraged opponent quickly attacks with a downward strike, a strike to the [[Kyūsho #Side_of_the_knee\|side of your left knee]], and a thrust to your [[Kyūsho#Groin\|groin]], all which you block (Movements 34-36). Reach your leg around the opponent’s trapped bō, and [[Stomp kick\|stomp]] down on it to force it out of their hands (Movement 37) and follow up with a kick to their [[Kyūsho#Groin\|groin]] (Movement 38). The kick forces the opponent to double-over and [[Kneeling\|kneel]], and when they punch your [[Kyūsho#Groin\|groin]] in a desperation move, you block and counter this attack with a punch to their [[Kyūsho#Philtrum\|face]] (Movement 39). This cycle is repeated when the attacker at #5 regains their composure (Movements 40-46).		The first attacker recovers from being kicked, you try to back away, but they try to break your back with a horizontal “baseball” swing, which you block (Movement 33). The enraged opponent quickly attacks with a downward strike, a strike to the [[Kyūsho #Side_of_the_knee\|side of your left knee]], and a thrust to your [[Kyūsho#Groin\|groin]], all which you block (Movements 34-36). Reach your leg around the opponent’s trapped bō, and [[Stomp kick\|stomp]] down on it to force it out of their hands (Movement 37) and follow up with a kick to their [[Kyūsho#Groin\|groin]] (Movement 38). The kick forces the opponent to double-over and [[Kneeling\|kneel]], and when they punch your [[Kyūsho#Groin\|groin]] in a desperation move, you block and counter this attack with a punch to their [[Kyūsho#Philtrum\|face]] (Movement 39). This cycle is repeated when the attacker at #5 regains their composure (Movements 40-46).

−	The opponent at #1 regains their composure, and you try to back away, but they try to break your back with a horizontal “baseball” swing, which you block (Movement 47). The opponent at #7 also regains their composure, and attacks the side of your right knee as the opponent at #1 comes in with a downward strike. You simultaneously evade and block both attacks (Movement 48). You strike the temple or eyes of the opponent at #7, using the tines of the sai to trap the bō of the attacker at #1, and pulling it to your hip with your reciprocal action. The blinded or disoriented opponent at #7 drops their bō, and grabs your sai with their left hand, in a desperate attempt to disarm you. You parry his hand to the side, like an inside wrist release, and finish him off with ~~throat~~ punches to the solar plexus or throat (Movement 49). Finally, you assume a fighting stance to stop the weary, hapless original attacker at #1 who eventually flees in terror rather than face an additional beating (Movement 50). Having abandoned their violent intentions, they are not to be pursued, enabling you to astonish dazzled onlookers with your saijutsu ''prownness'' (Movement 51).	+	The opponent at #1 regains their composure, and you try to back away, but they try to break your back with a horizontal “baseball” swing, which you block (Movement 47). The opponent at #7 also regains their composure, and attacks the side of your right knee as the opponent at #1 comes in with a downward strike. You simultaneously evade and block both attacks (Movement 48). You strike the [[Kyūsho#Temples\|temple]] or [[Kyūsho#Eyes\|eyes]] of the opponent at #7, using the tines of the sai to trap the bō of the attacker at #1, and pulling it to your hip with your [[Reciprocal action\|reciprocal action]]. The blinded or disoriented opponent at #7 drops their bō, and grabs your sai with their left hand, in a desperate attempt to disarm you. You parry his hand to the side, like an inside [[Wrist_releases\|wrist release]], and finish him off with punches to the [[Kyūsho#Solar_plexus\|solar plexus]] or [[Kyūsho#Windpipe\|throat]] (Movement 49). Finally, you assume a [[Fighting stance\|fighting stance]] to stop the weary, hapless original attacker at #1 who eventually flees in terror rather than face an additional beating (Movement 50). Having abandoned their violent intentions, they are not to be pursued, enabling you to astonish dazzled onlookers with your saijutsu ''prownness'' (Movement 51).

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 ==Notes==
-To aid in the development of muscle memory, this kata has many repeated series.
+To aid in the development of muscle memory, this [[Kata|kata]] has many repeated series.
-When using your reciprocal action, only rotate your hands a quarter-turn when using the sai. Otherwise, you’ll scrape yourself with the tine.
+When using your [[Reciprocal action|reciprocal action]], only rotate your hands a quarter-turn when using the [[Sai|sai]]. Otherwise, you’ll scrape yourself with the tine.
-When performing rising blocks with the sai, fully rotate your wrist, so your palm faces upward. This way, impact will be made with the shaft of the sai. Hold the sai at a slight upward angle; this will exploit the wedge technique, causing the opponent’s weapons to slide off and away from you.
+[yes and no photos]
 [Photo of a sai rising block]
-You must project the Unbendable Arm through the sai on all techniques. Otherwise, the sai will just dangle awkwardly. Rather than being a metal bar in your hand, envision the sai as being a long finger, like in point shooting.
+You must project the [[Ki#Unbendable_Arm|Unbendable Arm]] through the sai on all techniques. Otherwise, the sai just dangles awkwardly. Rather than treating the sai like holding a metal bar in your hand, envision the sai as being a long finger, like in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_shooting|point shooting]].
-In Movement 8, you are not blocking with the crossed shafts of the sai. You are trapping a weapon between the shaft and outer tine of each sai.
+In Movement 8, you are not blocking with the crossed shafts of the sai. You are trapping a weapon between the shaft and the outer tine of each sai.
-The stabs in Movements 14, 17, and 20 come at slight upward angles (i.e., past parallel). These are not thrusts to the solar plexus, but to the diaphragm itself, so the sai must come up under the ribs. This is a standard practice when stabbing people.
+The stabs in Movements 14, 17, and 20 come at slight upward angle (i.e., past parallel). These are not thrusts to the [[Kyūsho#Solar_plexus|solar plexus]]; the sai must come up under the ribs, to pierce the diaphragm itself, and the vital organs (i.e., heart, lungs, liver). and structures (i.e., the aorta) contained within the rib cage. This is a standard practice when stabbing people.
 After the “drunk step” in Movements 37 and 44, it is imperative that you straighten the foot prior to kicking. Otherwise, you will be twisted and off-balanced.
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 [Video demonstrating how to Figure-8 the sai]
 ==Bunkai==