ALL TIME FAVORITE KATA

[Ashigeru]

The One, The Only -

 

(Virtual Drum roll)

 

Sanchin!

 

and Lao Gar kuen (A.K.A. Lao set)

[Kieran-Lilith]

I like Pinan Shodan best out of the five katas I know. I'm not supposed to have learned two of them yet either.....I've barely learned Pinan Shodan, but it's fun. Easier for me than Nihanchi Shodan and the Bokudan kata. And thank God it's harder than Ichikyu and Nikyu. Sooooo simple. Not to say I do them perfectly, but still, at least it's longer.

[koryu]

Sanchin and Hakutsuru are two of my favorites, although there is no kata that I don't like.

[Chito]

I love watching Sanshiryu and Ryusan performed. I've watched a number of different styles' kata and really find Chito Ryu to have the most "beautiful". Sounds odd... but while they can be hard and fast, there are moments of flowing, soft movements and are very dynamic.

[AnonymousOne]

My all time favourite I guess would be Tokkan, simply because its the hardest Kata to perform

[vertigo]

Well, since I only know two.. my choice is very, very difficult

 

I'd have to go with Heian Nidan (my current kata)... although just for sake of watching, for one reason or another, I like Tekki Shodan. Really don't know why though maybe because I'm not much of a kicker, and there are no kicks in there

[Shorin Ryuu]

Well, since I only know two.. my choice is very, very difficult

 

I'd have to go with Heian Nidan (my current kata)... although just for sake of watching, for one reason or another, I like Tekki Shodan. Really don't know why though maybe because I'm not much of a kicker, and there are no kicks in there

 

There's plenty of kicks in Naihanchi (Tekki...). You just have to know where to look.

[vertigo]

oops... ok, well at least its good I'm not doing it yet I still think it's a cool kata at the least

[Shorin Ryuu]

Well, they're not literal, outwardly manifested kicks in the sense you're thinking (maegeri, mawashigeri, etc.).

[vertigo]

Oh, do you mean kicks in the sense of the... umm.. for lack of better term, leg snaps? Like the ones in Heian Sandan? (If I remember right, they have a few different applications, like blocking kicks out of the way?)