Martin Smith - Chief Instructor of the ITC Martial Arts Group founded the Fuseki Martial Arts System in 1996. The focus on the programme has always been to make all the options available to the practitioner and to ensure that they have all the skills required to be an effective and dedicated martial artist.

Using these principles Martin has moved back to the orginal martial art which he has been training in for nearly forty years and applied the principles he forged in the Fuseki System.

The Fuseki/Shotokan Programme

The programme draws as its core syllabus the teaching and training methodologies of Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan, perhaps the greatest exponent of the Shotokan Karate system alive today. Martin combines his own teaching methods and core priciples of the applicable martial arts from Fuseki to make his teaching of Shotokan both practical and traditional. An approach which will appeal to those seeking both formal Shotokan as well as a practical modern/traditional approach.

If you are interested in following this unique approach contact Martin for further details on private and small group tuition as well as visits to your club as a guest instructor.

Fuseki Shotokan System overview

The ITC Fuseki Shotokan system is divided into 12 phases of training.

The system is devised primarily from the teachings of Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan and developed by Shihan Martin Smith 7th Dan

Phase One	Kihon single techniques
Phase Two	Gohon and Sanbon kumite
Phase Three	Kihon combinations, Hyoteki practice, Ten No Kata
Phase Four	Kata and Bunkai - Requirement to Shodan Heian / Tekki / Bassai / Kanku Dai / Enpi / Jion / Jitte
Phase Five	Kihon Ippon Kumite
Phase Six	Jiju Ippon Kumite
Phase Seven	Kata and Bunkai - Requirement to Nidan/Sandan Hangetsu, Tekki 2 and 3, Bassai, Kanku Sho, Gankaku, Sochin, Chinte, Jiin & Nijushiho.
Phase Eight	Kaeshi Ippon Kumite, Okuri Jiju Ippon Kumite
Phase Nine	Kata and Bunkai - Requirement to Yondan / Godan Meikyo, Unsu, Wankan, Gojushiho, Gankaku Sho
Phase Ten	Happo Kumite (Eight direction), Jiju kumite
Phase Eleven	Goshin Jutsu
Phase Twelve	Integration and synthesis

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