Karate Kata's

[Chapel]

They aren't Katas as it is a Korean martial art, but I know Taeguek 1-8 Koryo and Kumgang from Tae Kwon Do. (Sorry, I just wanted to contribute and feel special.)

[sirdarksol]

Who cares what your art calls them versus what our art calls them?
They're a series of movements designed to flow together, right?
It's the spirit of the thing that's important.

Sorry, I've been reading Thich Nhat Hahn recently.

[GojuFreak]

The kata i do is pretty much what milly does, but i think there are some variations between ours because of organisation and how its been passed down.

Im going to the 4th Asian Pacific Goju Kai Championships and going to do Seipai and Seiunchin(sp?) One long year ahead.

[Shinobi_Kokujin]

Bassai- first black belt form in Tang Soo Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok6WMRmCaOk



Tae Kwon Do Koryo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xsxhEgizO8

[Milly]

Gojufreak. Do you do more mainland Japan style of Goju (eg. Yamaguchi, Kim)? Or Okanawan style (eg. Miyagi, eichi Miyazato). Our school is part of the Jundokan http://www.jundokan.jp/english/intro.htm so we're Okinawan goju.

[kuji no in]

since I am also a budo af goju I thought I would list the kata that I have completed
taikyoku gedan, chudan, jodan, soto chudan, mawashi uke, kake uke
gekisai itch
gekisai ni
sanchin
tensho
sanshin-tensho
saifa
seiunchin
wanshu
shorinji seisan
empi ha
gedan te
and I am starting to learn bassai dai.
these are all open kata there are many more to learn.MY sensei had once said that if the entire floor of the dojo was all the information martial arts had to offer I have barley scratched the
surface. I cant wait to keep on scratching

[kuji no in]

wanted to add one more thing to milly. I went to the link you had posted and noticed a Richard Verlaan in toronto. both he and his brother recieved their black belts through my sensei years ago when I was training in the childrens program. Its great to see he is still training and I hope doing well.perhaps I will try to find his dojo to stop in and say hello in the near future.

[Milly]

Hi Kuji... Here's my schools site
http://www.yorkama.com/
Drop by whenever you're in the area. I'm sure he'd be happy to have you take a look at his school.

[GojuFreak]

Hey Milly, yeah i do Japanese goju ryu aka Yamaguchi Goju, but goju is all the same, ive trained with many goju under jundokan and meibukan, and ive found its all the same, apart from some techniques in kata and each philosophy is different!!!

Osu

[nitanbo]

Hi guys

I have studied Okinawain arts mostly and here are the kata I know

momege do kata This one is a Chikashi ryu kata translated it is the "way of the maple leaf"


sesain
seuchin
niahanchi
wansu
chinto
kusankoo
suwansu

weapons
I only ever learned really basic names for weopons katas

Bo 1
Bo2
kusankoo sai
sai 2

Ijust recently learned to nitan bo katas one being nitan bo

and the other called

u hu gu shu ku no nitan bo

just thought I would share.

jimi

[dasher43]

1.Heian Shodan = 21 movements
2.Heian Nidan = 26 movements
3.Heian Sandan =20 movements
4.Heian Yondan = 27 movements
5.Heian Godan = 23 movements
6.Tekki Shodan = 29 movements
7.Tekki Nidan = 24 movements
8.Tekki Sandan = 36 movements
9.Bassai Dai = 42 movements
10.Kanku Dai = 65 movements
11.Jion = 47 movements
12.Enpi = 37 movements
13.Jitte = 24 movements
14.Hangetsu = 41 movements
15.Gankaku = 42 movements,
16.Bassai Sho = 27 movements
17.Kanku Sho = 47 movements
18.Chinte = 32 movements
19.Sochin = 40 movements
20.Nijushiho, 33 movements
21.Meikyo = 33 movements
22.Unsu = 48 movements
23.Wankan = 25 movements
24.Ji'in =35 movements

[sempaiAndy]

Thanks for posting the moves in each Kata. It's one of those things I've meant to do for a while. Always useful in classes.

[Torre]

Wado has a total of 15 katas as far as I know, those are:

the 5 Pinan katas
Kushanku (I think this is the wado version of Kanku Dai)
Naihanchi
Chinto (crane stances, might be our version of Gankaku)
Seishan
Bassai
Jion
Jitte
Wanshu
Rohai
Niseishi

I can only do the Pinan katas, Kushanku, Naihanchi, Chinto and Jion so far though. Oh and if I'm wrong with my shotokan comparisons, please correct me

[Suzy]

There are a few kata specific to my school that we do:
Kihon Sanbon
Kihon Ippon
Kihon Nihon
Fukyu Dai Ichi
Fukyu No Kata

And the association ones:
Nihanchi Shodan
Nihanchi Nidan
Nihanchi Sandan
Pinan Shodan
Pinan Nidan
Pinan Sandan
Pinan Yondan
Pinan Godan
Passai Sho
Passai Dai (learning this one)
Kusonku Sho
Kunsonku Dai
Chinto (learning this one)
Gojushiho
Gorin

The ones I know are bolded. Then there are three or four White Crane kata that the higher level black belts learn but I don't know them. I know the names, can't spell them to save my life though.

[47MartialMan]

I wonder if anyone here know the etymology of the word "kata".