Black Belt Katas

[scottnshelly]

Please list the Black Belt forms/katas of each major style below. I’m not too interested in all of the Black Belt forms of each style, but just one or two of each. For instance, the Black Belt form of Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do is Koryo.

[1kickKO]

There are quite a few for my style: Kanku dai, bassai dai, empi, etc..

[ovine king]

see, i was under the impression that the black belt forms are ALL of them in your style but done to perfection.

[scottnshelly]

see, i was under the impression that the black belt forms are ALL of them in your style but done to perfection.

 

You are right to a certian degree. I was asking what form is taught for the Black Belt test, or at 1st Dan level. In Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do, for instance, we learn a series of pal-gyes and tae-guks and then to pass the Black Belt test you must be able to perform Koryo. It was my understanding that most - or all - other styles also do this.

 

I was hoping to compile a list of all of these 'Black Belt' katas for research.

[tkdBill]

In our taekwondo organization, we must do Gwang-Gae, Po-Eun, and Ge-Baek at first degree BB.

 

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[Hudson]

see, i was under the impression that the black belt forms are ALL of them in your style but done to perfection.

 

Those are those forms done at Black Belt Level -

 

There are some schools/organizations/teachers who will reserve certain forms to the senior ranks, advanced techniques and attack philosophy that would take a strong base (AKA White to Black Belt's worth training) to apply effectively.

[krzychicano]

wow very informative post I had no idea they had so many katas. I take korean MA's and im not a black belt yet but I am very curious because of this thread to find out how many forms we have when reaching BB.

[AngelaG]

The kata we can choose for our shodan:

 

Bassai Dai

 

Jion

 

Empi

 

Kanku Dai

 

Hangetsu

[Freddy]

All i know is that my sensei will be doing Gankaku on her next test =) but i think that Empi could be a black belt kata too.

[Master Jules]

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