champ8309

Thank you sir for these nice kata suggestions.

I see. This information is quite useful. I have seen Jesse Enkamp's Video and the video linked to it. Those videos were the ones that made me want to do this. I will make good use of this information. Thank you.

I see. The kata is very simple, yet a great way to master the main techniques. Thank you for sharing me this! Of course! I believe Nagamine Sensei wanted something that was firmly rooted in the basics, yet still accessible to beginner students of all ages. Yes. I have decided making 5 katas in a series, grouping in white-orange, green-purple, brown, shodan to godan, rokudan to jodan. So I will introduce basics too, but will build on those basics and make them advanced and more "applicable" in real life. Respectfully, please forgive me my question, I mean no disrespect whatsoever... How can you effectively create Kata/Etc. above your knowledge and experience?? Shodan?? Perhaps, due to you being a 3rd Kyu. Nidan?? That would be a stretch. Sandan?? Highly improbable because at this rank most CI's are just now opening their own dojo. Sandan takes about 3+ years minimum of knowledge and experience from Shodan to earn. Yondan - Godan?? These ranks require 15+ years minimum of knowledge and experience to earn from Sandan. Rokudan - Hachidan?? These ranks require 20+ years minimum of knowledge and experience to earn from Godan. Kudan - Judan?? These ranks require a lifetime of knowledge and experience to earn; just about 50+ years. Let's completely forget about rank; the necessary knowledge and experience must be achieved. Rank is meaningless, but knowledge and experience is everything. Imho. Sensei, with all due respect, What I meant was that the 5 katas are suppoesed to be grouped like that, because I will be adding techniques, that are rarely used in modern karate, thus it is better performed by someone, who has knowledge and experience. It is only meant a sugestion and it was never forced to be like that. In September, I will be starting with official karate training again. Based on our grading system and my Godan Sensei, who once won a World Championship, I will be putting more and more techniques that require skill, talent and wit. Of course I will never be a Judan, but like I said: It was only a suggestion and only a vision of a child. The main point is to gradually introduce practitioners to a new side of Karate. Starting of with closed hands, than open hands, followed by sweeps, grapples and so on. My apologies for saying something like that before.

I see. The kata is very simple, yet a great way to master the main techniques. Thank you for sharing me this! Of course! I believe Nagamine Sensei wanted something that was firmly rooted in the basics, yet still accessible to beginner students of all ages. Yes. I have decided making 5 katas in a series, grouping in white-orange, green-purple, brown, shodan to godan, rokudan to jodan. So I will introduce basics too, but will build on those basics and make them advanced and more "applicable" in real life.

I like all Katas, but my heart is in the 12 Goju-Ryu Katas, because that's where my Kata passion started. Based on the Kata's I trained: 1. Gekisai dai ichi 2. Gekisai dai ni 3. Tensho 4. Saifa 5. I haven't officially trained a fifth Kat and I was supposed to learn sanchin, but I am learning Seienchin at home right now. The overall Katas I'd keep practicing: 1. Suparimpei (Because it's my most favourite one) 2. Kururunfa 3. Sanseiru 4. Shisochin 5. Seiyunchin I never trained those five, but I'd be training these privately starting today

The information you have is outstanding! Thank you for sharing this with me! And as to clarify why I am making this: The kata should have enough techniques and sequences that are different from each other, so that I can use the kata for the benefit of training correct technique, stance shifting and actually supposed to (if I have a student of my own, since I am only sankyu) teach how to finish a fight by stopping them, not killing them. I want to emphasize that Karate was intended to be for self defense, and not murder. Again, arigato gozaimasu Wado Heretic-senpai!

Dear rhilllakefield-senpai, I may just be a sankyu, but I know that feeling. While you should consult with your sensei at the Chito-Ryu school, I have a proposal for both of you. If you manage to pass the black belt test of that school, then you can wear the kuro-obi. If you do not pass it, at least the teacher knows, where you are at. If he sees your potential, then he can tell you what belt you should wear. I hope this somehow helps to decide this matter, because you are a black belt and that should stay. You are a shodan and you have your potential. So you need a belt that fits your potential in that school. And that belt can be decided by your sensei.

That's completely fine! It actually is my fault, because I forgot, that there are more than these four styles.

I see. The kata is very simple, yet a great way to master the main techniques. Thank you for sharing me this!

That is quite interesting! I am really sorry for not having put in the option "others" and/or "none of the above" in my poll.

So, basically, it is my own creation. I stopped training at an official Dojo for the sake of my studies, so I am now on my own. So this is my own creation.

Konichiwa! I am currently working on a kata. It's called "Yonnin" or "四人", meaning "four people". The four people represent Shotokan, Goju-Ryu, Shito-Ryu and Wado-Ryu. What is the signature kata of your style or a specific sequence, which represents, what your Style values? Goju-Ryu for example has 2 Katas: Tensho and Sanchin. Tensho represents the "Ju" or the Soft part, while Sanchin represents the "Go" or the hard part of Goju-Ryu.

Hello! I am Champ8309, a real world 3rd Kyu Karateka. I am looking forward to seeing your posts!