What Katas do you learn after the Heians

[username237]

wow thats quite a fair bit compared to my kata list , we only have 26 or 27 (depends...some clubs never do kion). What grade are you and how many do you know??

[moobrack]

26 kata's in Shotokan Karate!

 

 

[Karateka]

I am a brown belt. Including the pinans, I know about 20.

 

 

[ronryu]

I am a shodan and currently this is the kata list that i currently run including the kiyon kata

 

Taikyokyu 1-6

 

Tenno (fukigata ichi)

 

Chino (fukigata ni , geki sia dia ichi)

 

Pinan shodan Pinan nidan

 

Pinan sandan Pinan yondan

 

Pinan godan Nihanchi sho (tekki)

 

Nihanchi ni Nihanchi san

 

Matsukaze (wankan) Rohai

 

Seiuchin Jutte

 

Jion Jiin

 

Kosokun dai Bassai dai

 

Shisochin Chinto

 

Ananku Sanchin

 

Miyagi Sanchin Higiaonna Sanchin (goju kata learned from Higiaonna Morio Sensei )

 

 

 

 

[AnonymousOne]

After Heian..

 

Tekki Shodan

 

Hangetsu

 

Bassai Dai

 

After Shodan its classified as free Kata and any kata may be chosen for grades above Nidan.

 

It takes 3 years from Shodan to Nidan and you learn most of the Kata in this time.

 

Our School also has 15 Kata's called Kihon Kata which is not seen in other schools. The purpose of these Kata are to teach one to get into and out of an attack quickly. Apart from these we run with all the Shotokan Kata with only minor differences to Shotokan, mainly deeper stances and other minor changes.

 

 

[fugimugim]

after the pinans (heinans) in wado ryu we learn kushanku, nihanchi, seisan, chinto, bassai, niseishi, wanshu, rohai, jion, jitte. what do some of you guys think is better, knowing how to perform a lot of katas or truly understanding a few, because i have noticed a lot of styles have a lot of katas, how can u truly understand them all it would take about 10 or 20 lifetimes unlesss ur superman, or after learning the katas do u have a choice on really studying a few in depth and developing practical bunkai from the principles within them

[ESA-Shotokan]

With KUGB it is Kihon Kata (taikyoko shodan) followed by the five Heians and then Tekki-Shodan. Then Bassai Dai. Jion tends to follow on once you get to 1st Kyu and then progress is slow, in terms of learning new katas. If you are going to nominate another brown belt kata in the Shodan grading, you can add Kanku Dai, Enpi and Hangetsu to your training.

 

With the ESA, things are different. While you learn the Heian katas, you also learn the Ora and Go of these along the way. You also learn Taikyoko shodan, nidan and sandan. Likewise, you get to brown belt and learn Tekki Shodan, Nidan and Sandan! The primary brown belt katas are Jion and Kanku Dai. Bassai Dai has been moved up the Dan ranks along with Enpi, Jion and Hangetsu as application of these is a lot more technical than with the KUGB.

 

All good stuff.

 

[ramymensa]

We have to perform the Heians till 4th kyu (second blue). Afterwards Tekki Shodan, Bassai Dai, Nijushiho Sho, Kanku Dai, Kanku Sho and so on

[equaninimus]

JKF Wado Kai:

 

Pinan II, I, III, IV, V, Kusanku, Sesan, Chinto, Naihanchi. The following are "free kata" to be leaned in no particular order: Bassai, Jion, Jitte, Niseishi, Gojushiho, Unsu, Suparinpei.

 

JKA Shotokan:

 

Heian I-V, Tekki I-III, Bassai Dai, Empi, Kanku Dai, Jion, Jitte. Kata after this are "free kata."

 

Seibukan Shorn Ryu:

 

The following kata comprise the kyu curriculum: Pinan II, Ananku, Sesan, Pinan I, III, Passai, Pinan IV, V, Wansu, Naihanchi I-III, Gojushiho, Tokumine No Kon. From Shodan: (in no particular order) Chinto, Wanchin, Kusanku, Passai Gua, Jion, assorted Kobudo kata.

[Guest]

You guys study a lot of katas ...