katas which one are you on?

[b3n]

At the moment im working on Seienchin.

[karate kid 1]

WELL I JUST PASSED MY ON TO MY YELLOW BELT SO NOW IM LEARNING HEIAN SANDAN

[faido]

I had no idea that ranking could vary so much from dojo to dojo with in a single style. In my dojo we have neither red nor blue nor stripes of any kind. Heian Nidan is the kata we need to learn to proceed from yellow to orange.

H.Shodan = White to yellow

H. Nidan =yellow to orange

H. Sandan = orange to green

H. Yondan = green to purple (5th kyu)

H.Godan =purple to purple (4th kyu)

Tekki Shodan= purple to brown(3rd kyu)

Basai Dai=brown to brown (2nd kyu)

After that it gets to be a bit more of choice. To advance to 1st kyu you can either choose one of the slightly more advanced kata (jion, empi or kanku-dai) or stick with Basai Dai and try to better it. Most people stick with Basai Dai because it can be viewed as being arrogant to choose one of the other three. For Shodan you must know all of the listed kata. You choose one as 'yours'. During your test the Masters will choose a 2nd one for you to do. It is usually one that compliments the one you chose as yours. If you choose a fast kata, they will choose a powerful one, sort of thing.

I will soon be taking my 2nd kyu test and am focusing on Basai Dai, though I have learned the basics of both Kanku Dai and Jion, by which I mean I can get from start to finish reliably-but it's not pretty. I have pieces of Empi down, but I don't have them connected yet. At this point my favorite is Tekki Shodan, I have placed in tournaments with Basai Dai as a team kata and I think that Kanku Dai is on it's way to being my next favorite kata.

[saishu]

Well in Saishu Ryu we have quite a few kata.

Taikyoku Shodan - 9th Kyu

Taikyoku Nidan - 8th Kyu

Taikyuku Sandan - 7th Kyu

Heian Shodan - 6th Kyu

Heian Nidan

Heian Sandan - 5th Kyu

Heian Yondan

Heian Godan - 4th Kyu

Tekki Shodan -3rd Kyu

Ananku - 2nd Kyu

Bassai Dai - 1st Kyu

Kanku Dai - Shodan

Nidan Katas

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Matsukaze

Bassai Sho

Kanku Sho

Jion

Jutte

Ji'in

Empi

Gankaku

Tekki Nidan

Sandan Katas

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Tekki Sandan

Hangetsu

Matsumura Bassai

Chinte

Nipaipo

Meikyo

Rohai

Chatan Yara Kushanku

Yondan Katas

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Hakucho

Nijushiho

Supraimpei

Seienchin

Sochin

Sochin Ni

Shi Sochin

Godan Katas

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Hakutsuru Sho

Seipai

Heiku

Paiku

Gojushiho Sho

Gojushiho Ni

Unsu

Unsu Ni

Anan

Hakutsuru

Master Katas (6 dan and above)

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Hououmaru

Tachihouou

Tobihouou

Sensohouou

I am currently working on learning Ananku. Pretty much learning the kata that I didn't learn from doing Shotokan. This kata list is out of our 2006 guide book, they change a little from time to time, but for the most part this is all of our kata.

Tomo

[JackDragon]

Right now I know

Heian Shodan

Yansu

Heian Nidan

And now I'm learning

Tensho

Heian Sandan

[TAZ]

Starting next week I should begin to learn Seisan. I am currently working on my Bo form. I will be testing for my next rank on Monday.

[Takezo]

7th kyu, kyokushin, practicing pinan sono san.

[Doug]

just learning empi before my 1st kyu grading next week,

(not being graded on it just want to know all four of the black belt kata before i go up)

[Grimslade]

at the moment I am working on kushanku, seipei, and bassai

[Fish]

Just finished learning the Pinans. Starting to learn Kushanku.

Our belts are as follows:

White

Red

Yellow

Orange (Pinan Nidan)

Green (Pinan Sandan)

Blue (Pinan Shodan)

Brown 1 (Pinan Yodan and Godan)

Brown 2 (Kushanku)

Brown 3 (I'm not sure which kata you need for this)

Shodan (choose 3 kata out of 6)

We learn Pinan Nidan first because it is the simplest, but looking back I remember how difficult it seemed at the time. I thought I'd never get it!