More Detail on Seiyunchin

Overview

1. A set of three shiko daches, with grab defenses.
2. Bend down and lift opponents leg while stepping back with front foot into something like Renoji dachi (The letter L stance). Right hand will be in a fist, left hand in a prayer.
3. Punch with right, and step forward with both feet.
4. Use left hand to strip right arm while stepping back.
5. Right elbow up, left hand to right elbow.
6. Two handed block to the right, feet in check stance with right foot NE.
7. Shiko with gedan, toward NE and back.
8. Left foot slides into "check stance," left foot NE
9. Two handed block and shiko combo towards the NW.
10. Archer stance with the front of the body facing west. Need to keep low on the transition to archer stance. Left arm covers head, right arm covers body. Pull left arm across face while flipping hand over.
11. Archer stance with the front of the body facing East, so the back arm is right. Keep the right elbow in tight while pulling it back. Left hand covers along lower level.
12. Foot sweep with right foot, followed by two uraken with right hand.
13. Left arm down, with the fist covering the knot. Right elbow down, but right hand up.
14. Turn, and tighten body while blocking up with left, and down with right.
15. Uppercut-Shiko combo to the SW: left hand covers head, palm out. Step into zenkutsu dachi with right leg forward. Short uppercut (make sure not to scoop it) as you drop into shiko. Uraken forward, then shiko backwards with defensive uraken.
16. Facing N, double grab sequence of stepping back and stripping off arm.
    
17. Same sequence as 13-16, but with the shikos to the SE, and hands reversed.
18. Strip hand and uraken.
19. Grab defense with hands ending in Mt. Fuji position.
20. End and bow.
    
    

Other Notes

• Turn and pop, then cover your head as you step into zenkutsu. Lock in zenkutsu, pausing briefly. Then, shiko and uppercut while dropping the hand covering the head to the solar plexus. After another brief pause, do uraken forward then back.
• Breathing on the first three shikos:
1. Breath in while up.
2. Breath out while going down.
3. The palms are up on all but the last hand movement.
4. Pause between grabbing the hands and jabbing the ribs.
• The two-handed blocks require moving the hips.
• On all shiko movements, and transitions from one shiko to another, keep low.

Here are a couple of good references for terminology:
http://www.lyon-karate.com/karate_terms_glossary.php
http://www.cope.co.za/karate/terms.htm

Here is a good reference on stances with pictures.
http://www.geocities.com/sadenoo2/stances.html

Stretching Exercises

1. Fist - Make fist slowly, then rapidly.
2. Fingers - In a "prayer" formation, but with fingers out. Up, middle, then down.
3. Toes - Rock back an forth, with the big toe up, then the big toe down and the other four up.
4. Ankles - Roll each ankle both directions.
5. Squat - Feet shoulder width apart, hands on top of knees.
6. Back and Ankles - Ankles touching, keeping feet in the same place for both stretches, bend at the waist keeping the back straight, then bend at the knees.
7. Inner thigh - On knee at a right angle, other leg straight, with feet on floor. Then, one leg straight with foot up, and the other squatted, with heel on the floor.
8. Hamstring - Feet shoulder width apart and legs straight, try to touch your elbows to the floor.
9. Back - Hands in small of back, bend backwards at waist, and use octopus mouth.
10. Shoulders - Move arms in circles (both ways), then touch your shoulders to your ears.
11. Neck - Move your head in circles, keeping eyes open. Then, four count moving head down, then headbutting backwards.
12. Wrists - Submission locks, then grasping hands together and shaking.
13. Jumping - Keep the same beat.