krozor

Thanks for the Welcome Well luckily I managed to arrange to meet one of the other karate members at the club 15mins earlier than normal to give me a chance to practice the kata. And when the lesson actually started I got paired with a guy who was having problems doing the same kata as me, so for half the lesson we just praticed and practiced until we got it right every time. Then the time came to do the kata in front of the whole class I managed to do it right and my sensei said it was a good effort I just need to be a bit more fluid and to look more like I know which direction I am going(lol). The other guy did well too only making one mistake. When we did the kata we moved in a I direction, going from left to right then up the middle and so on. All in all I really enjoyed it, and thanks again guys for your help. [ This Message was edited by: krozor on 2002-05-21 16:28 ]

Thanks for everybodys help From what people have have posted I would guess the kata is Heian shodan. It sounds right including the moves and the way the kata starts. I have done some research and will do some basic pratice. Hopefully all will be cool tomorrow.. Thanks again

The name Seisan does not ring a bell sorry.. I do remeber that the first move is a left downward punch. You body is facing forward i think and the punch is at a angle facing your knee kinda. Hope this helps.

Hi all I have been doing Ishinryu karate for about 5 weeks(2 hours a week) and this monday I have to perform my first kata in front of the class. The problem is that I was shown the kata twice by one of the other students performing it but I still can't do it correct and seem to forget what I have to do. I really want to perform the kata well on monday but without knowing what the kata is called or finding any info online I can't practice. Can anyone tell me what the first kata might be called or a website showing me the steps to performing it. Thank-you