August 15, 200719 yr Boy Oh Boy? According to our Ancestors & Grand-Masters it can take a Student ALIFE TIME to know 1 Kata,nevermind 59? I am sorry but I would be looking for another dojo if my Sensi said their is 59 kata`s to learn as he who teaches all those mustn`t have mastered any one of them?unless HE is at least 500 years old...... lol No Offence To Anyone!!! JoeIt's not so much the kata that's important, it's the technique. You get the technique down and any kata you do will be good. It's just learning sequence. And to be clear, all 59 aren't required to get shodan. There's no place like 127.0.0.1
August 15, 200719 yr nope because all of ours are not from one style.. "Fear does not exist in this dojo does it?"
August 16, 200719 yr In the style or taught at the person's school?My school teaches about thirty (30) kata, as follows:Warmup 1-3TenshoKihon I - VNaifanchi I - IIISeisanPinan I - VPassai Sho, DaiKusanku Sho, DaiChintoJionGojushihoChatanyara no KusankuKopassai ShoTetsoand we just added (due to a recent Okinawa visit) Fukyugata ichi and niNow, the style itself does not have Tensho*(1), Tetso*(2) nor Kihon III - V*(2,3), but does have other kata, such as Unsu and Wansu. I would imagine that there are a lot of schools that are the same way - there are kata found in the school that are not part of the styles as a whole, and kata that are in the style that are not taught in the school.*1 Tensho is a Goju Ryu kata. It's a nifty kata that Takeshi Miyagi teaches in his schools b/c he likes the kata, but is not used for grading purposes (lineage: Miyagi -> Lilley -> Simons -> Me).*2 While these kata are of the style (Mirahira created Tetso, Miyagi created Kihon III, IV, Sensei created Kihon V), Mirahira and company stated that no kata newer then 1950 will be accepted into the Ryu.*3 I remember Sensei mentioning that Chosin Chibana taught the kata we (our dojo) call warm up kata as Kihon I -III, and that the kata that we call Kihon I - II were Kihon IV - V. All of these kata are accepted as part of the Ryu. "Karate is NOT about the colour of belt you wear it is about the person you become;...to be a good blackbelt is to be humble and respectful amongst other things." -Dobbersky
August 16, 200719 yr i'm adding two more now to my original list, not that i know them properly i am just learning them now after getting Shodan.Nijushiho and Jitte Walk away and your always a winner. https://www.shikata-shotokan.co.uk
August 17, 200719 yr Hi to all,...from 26 katas i know this ones:Heian Shodan Heian Nidan Heian Sandan Heian Yondan Heian Godan Bassai Dai Jion Jitte Empi Tekki Shodan Tekki NidanNijushihoKanku Dai Best regards,Samurai Justice & Morality, Polite Courtesy, Heroic Courage, Honor, Compassion, Complete Sincerty, Duty & Loyalty ... principals worth living, ideas worth dying for.
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