Gekisai

[Shorin Ryuu]

is gekasai the same as kanku dai or basai dai i think its one of them mabey????

No. As people have mentioned, the Gekisai kata are some of the more basic introductory kata.

[Kara]

sounds like youre a Goju Ryu practitioner also,am I right?

yes

I should add that to my profile eh.....hum.....done.

and the childerns first kata are tiakiokogedan (not sure of spelling just quite yet)

[Goju_boi]

not sure about spelling either,but why do kids have different katas?

[Kara]

well, i'm not sure. i'd ask my sensei but i'm not at my dojo anymore. though the adults learn tykiokogedan if they like.

For the kids it's just learnt before Gekisai.

[Goju_boi]

I learned it once,but coincedentally I was the only adult in a group of begginers that was made up of 7 year olds.

[Smitty]

sounds like youre a Goju Ryu practitioner also,am I right?

yes

I should add that to my profile eh.....hum.....done.

and the childerns first kata are tiakiokogedan (not sure of spelling just quite yet)

Taikyoku gedan?

I learned it once,but coincedentally I was the only adult in a group of begginers that was made up of 7 year olds.

We all learn it. It frustrates most everyone that there are minor variations that we have to practice again and again... it's irritating.

[Goju_boi]

well I don't know,but at my dojo only the kids learn Taikyoku gedan,and I guess the instructor because he teaches it.

[Kara]

I personally liked taikyoku gedan. it helped with my shiko dachi and the disapline of staying low the whole time. i love the burn. good training.

i learned this kata the last few classes while i was still at my dojo. then of i believe there's other's to it, as instead of low block it'd be high or middle block. but didn't get much into that.

[Goju_boi]

I don't know,I remeber it as to simple for me.Right now I'm mastering Saifa,and it's been pretty cool seeing as how the two other katas I have memorized are very similar.

[Kara]

I don't know,I remeber it as to simple for me.Right now I'm mastering Saifa,and it's been pretty cool seeing as how the two other katas I have memorized are very similar.

yes, it's a very simple kata. but it's the basics involved within it that's what i like for good training.

staying in 'proper' shiko dachi the whole time, not rushing through, and not changing levels when taking a step...just goes for a good work out and training with the perfecting techniques.

does anyone else agree with me?

I believe that kata is my favorite training in karate. though sparring is really fun! and self-defence is vital for street. i have not been able to learn different kata's other than geki sai dai ichi, and ni. (and taikyokogeden) I have no desire to go further yet. there's always something more to learn, i do not know everything yet and am not yet satisfied.

Edited September 22, 2005 by Kara