Brown and Black belt katas

[Red Triangle student]

The katas for Brown belts Kanku Dai, Bassai Dai,Jion,and Hangetsu. So what are the Black belt katas? I know Nijushiho and i am a Brown double white.

[GreatSeekerofTruth]

mm. The red Triangle club in Liverpool ?

 

if so I'd guess you have about the best authorities standing on british soil somewhere in your dojo.

 

bottom line, funakoshi claimed 15 for blackbelt.

 

under KUGB -

 

Bassai Dai, Kanku Dai, Jion and another whos name I forget are all shodan ( tekki Nidan ? Jitte ?)

 

Bassai Sho, Kanku Sho, Nijushiho and another whos name I forget are all options for second, and required for third ( Jitte ? Tekki Nidan ? Sochin ?)

 

gojushiho sho & Dai, Wankan, Unsu, Chinte, Tekki Sandan are all 4th and above

 

Gankaku, Jiin, Meikyo are the others.

 

basically, they will teach you when you are ready - unless your on the national teams- then you might get ahead.

 

luckily, all shotokan kata are a doddle to learn from video - and theire are plenty of video's about.

 

PS. i am KUGB 4th Dan - but then I was a lot younger back then

[aefibird]

luckily, all shotokan kata are a doddle to learn from video - and theire are plenty of video's about.

 

*cough* I disagree. Learning a kata is a lot more than just getting the moves in the correct order, which is basically all a video will teach you.

 

Anyway, with the FSK, kyu grade kata are Kihon, Heian 1-5 and Tekki Shodan. Brown belts learn Bassai Dai, Jion, Empi, Kanku Dai and Hangetsu. Some also learn Tekki Nidan. The remainder of the 26 shotokan kata are the ones you learn afterwards from shodan onwards. In my club, students usually learn Kanku Sho, Sochin and Nijushiho after learning the ones listed.

[returning_wave]

In my experience black belt kata have included:

 

Bassai-Sho, Kanku-Sho, Tekki Nidan & Sandan, Sochin, Gankaku, Gojishiho, Rohai and Chinte.

 

Although technically a black belt grading kata Nijishiho is usually taught lower.

[Red Triangle student]

OK thanks for the info. I think i can cope with learning katas though! Dont worry i still focus on what i am doing! I just have a brilliant memory for kata.

[G95champ]

Our Brown Belt Kata are

 

Tekki Shodan

 

Bassai Dai

 

Jion

 

Black Belt Kata

 

Kanku Dai

 

after that the order don't really matter. Sometimes we do replace Jion with Tekki Nidan or Hangetsu.

[angelica d]

Our brown belt katas (Northern Karate Association) :

 

Jion, Jinn, Jitte, Kanku Dai, Bassai Dai

 

Black Belt Katas:

 

Kanku Sho, Meikyo, Ten No s, Bassai Sho, and the organisations own katas (Kan Sho, Yontikan)

[shotochem]

In our organization the brown belts need to know:

 

Tekki Shodan

 

Bassai Dai

 

Kanku Dai

 

Empi

 

jion

 

Jitte

 

They are required for Shodan. The Brown belts also learn the others along with the black belts as long as they know the the others well enough.

[Red Triangle student]

Well in the KUGB the Brown belt katas are:

 

Bssai Dai, Jion,Empi,kanku dai,Hangetsu.

 

Does anyone know what the KUGB katas are for Black belts? I already know that one is Nijushiho.

[ShotoMan]

For the KUGB, the standard dan katas are

 

shodan -> nidan: bassai sho, kanku sho, niju shiho, jitte, tekki nidan

 

Nidan -> sandan: chinte, sochin, gankaku, unsu, gojushio sho

 

sandan -> yondan: gojushi dai, ji'in, wankan, meikyo, tekki sandan

 

Of course, expect to touch on some or all before the respective grading time. Especially a kata such as Unsu and Gankaku. You will also need to know all the Tekki's (shodan, nidan and sandan) in a hurry as these are practiced often, joined together and in any order.