Koshi Gamae
Literally: position at the hip
A hand position in which the fists are placed one above the other and rested against the hip; it is taken eleven times in the kata Empi.
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Koshi gamae, literally position at the hip, is according to karatespektra.cz a position in which the fists are placed one above the other, resting against the hip. It differs from ryoken koshi gamae, where both fists are placed knuckles-first on the hips at the same time, while in koshi gamae one fist lies above the other. In Shotokan kata (JKA listings) it appears in nine kata, most often in Empi (11 movements, among others 2, 4 and 8), Gankaku (9 movements) and Hangetsu (7 movements), further in Jitte (movements 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 15), Kanku Dai, Tekki Shodan, Tekki Nidan, Bassai Dai and Heian Yondan (movements 5 and 8).