isshinryu5toforever Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Yellow - Seisan Orange - Seiuchin Green - Naihanchin, Wansu Purple - Chinto 3rd Brown - Kusanku 2nd Brown - Sunsu, Tokameni No Kun 1st Brown - Sanchin, Kusanku Sai, Bo/Bo kumite Black - Sanchin w/test, Urashi Bo, Bo/Sai kumite 2nd Black - Shi Shin No Kun, Chatan Yara No Sai He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.- Tao Te Ching"Move as swift as a wind, stay as silent as forest, attack as fierce as fire, undefeatable defense like a mountain."- Sun Tzu, the Art of War
Sparkey Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 At our dojo we do both empty-hand and Kobudo. Both are required for rank. So the kata we learn are: KARATE Naihanchi Shodan, Nidan, Sandan Pinan Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan, Godan Seisan Wansu Ananku Passai-do Passai-gua Gojushiho Wanshin Chinto Kusanku Hakutsuru Ichiban, Niban Uechi-Ryu Sanchin And then for KOBUDO we have: Shihonuke Sakugawa no kun bojitsu Choun no kun Tokumine no kun Matayoshi Shinpo no tonfa shodan Ushi Komesu no nunchaku sho Matayoshi Shinpo no tonfa nidan Agena nunchaku Hamahiga no tonfa Agena no sai Suis no kun ichiban Kyan Chotoku no sai Nicho kama: Shodan, nidan Ko bo Bo-tinbe Bo-bo Bo-tonfa Bo-sai Bo-kama Tsuken aku cho no eiku ti Nago Nakamura no sai Of course not ALL of them are required for black belt, we have leave room to grow! You can see the specific rank requirements if you want: http://www.westsidemartialarts.com/curriculum Good question! I like to see what other people are learning.
Kieran-Lilith Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Ummm....I am only a poor yellow belt, and therefore know very little....I know a black belt kata, but that's besides the point. I know, so far: Nihanchi Shodan Pinan Shodan Ichikyu Nikyu and some Bo kata that I can't remember the name of. He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful Lao-tsu
AngelaG Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Wow you only practice 10 katas? In Shotokan? Or is that only for the testing and you practice more..because I know that shotokan generally practices about 20 something katas. I'm Shotokan and we do 27 kata. I would suspect the post you are referring to is only describing the kata you need to get to Black belt, obviously to get to higher black belts you need to know even more kata. eeeeeee Angela Tokonkai Karate-do Instructorhttp://www.karateresource.com Kata, Bunkai, Articles, Reviews, History, Uncovering the Myths, Discussion Forum
italian_guy Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Go ju ryu up to green->blue. white->yellow 3 taikioku (jodan,chudan,gedan) yellow->orange Gekisai Ich,Ni orange->green Sanchin,Tensho green-> blue Saifa .... then I don't know too far away from my current level.
1kickKO Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Ah I see..haha the internet is bad for clarification.
ninelivesarentenough Posted February 21, 2005 Author Posted February 21, 2005 yea we only need 7 to get our black belt (our regular curriculum is more self-defense weighted) but if you're in black belt club there are a disgusting amount of kata you can learn.
vertigo Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Ah I see..haha the internet is bad for clarification. oops, my bad.. Yeah, AngelaG's right.. those were just the kata we need to get to shodan.. past there? I have not a clue what we need to know.. "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." - T. S. Eliot
Kempohands Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Wow, I feel out of place. My school calls all the katas/forms by english names (well, most of them at least). RANK/Kata(s)-Form(s) learned at that rank WHITE/"White Tiger 1" YELLOW/"White Tiger 2" ORANGE/"White Tiger 3" and "1 Kata" BLUE/"2 Kata" 2nd BLUE/"White Tiger 4(Cat 1)" and "Stature of the Crane" GREEN/"White Tiger 5" 2nd GREEN/"Tiger Form(Cat 2)" and "3 Kata" BROWN/"White Tiger 6" 2nd BROWN/"4 Kata" and "5 Kata" 3rd BROWN aka Black Candidate/"Mantis" and "Cat 3" So that's 15 Katas/forms we must know before Black Belt. At Shodan the forms are "6 Kata" and "Hansuki" (sry about spelling). After that, I don't know. "To win a fight without fighting, that is the true goal of a martial artist." -Grandmaster Nick Cerio
kataman Posted February 22, 2005 Posted February 22, 2005 Ok you can check out the following 2 sites. https://www.angelfire.com/wv2/wvka thats the way we do it. each style may be differant but usually the Heian series is always done first in any shotokan style.I aggree we do one kata per belt till we hit brown.then 5 for each dan. Heian shodan-nidan-sandan-yodan-godan. bassai sho-kanku sho-tekki shodan (from brown to black I don't train for belt color I train to survive on the street
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