What Katas do you know?

[Shizentai]

Though I'm generally the person with the least kata learned in my dojo, I've been striving to add a few more (marked with "*") to my list lately.

taikyoku shodan* (lol, I've been training ten years and I just learned this one last month so as to assist in teaching it to a four-year-old)

heian shodan

heian nidan

heian sandan

heian yondan

heian godan

tekki shodan

tekki nidan

bassai dai

enpi

jion

kanku dai

kanku sho

wankan*

jiin*

sochin**

unsu**

bassai sho**

**ones that I'm still pretty terrible at =_=

I'm really liking wankan a lot though. It's very... concise.

[david123]

shotokan:

kihon kata

the 5 hian katas (peacfull mind)

tekki (iron horse) katas

bassai sho & dai (storm a fortress)

enpi

jion

hangetsu

kanku sho & dai

there are many but i havnt fully learnt them yet

[username13839]

all heians fairly well

Tekki shodan and Jion slowly with some thoughts.

[nanook660]

I do Wado Ryu Karate and I can do

Kihon Kata

Pinan Nidan

Pinan Shodan

Pinan Sandan

Pinan Yondan

Pinan Godan

And I am learning Kushanku right now.

[quinteros1963]

Sanchin

Taikyoku shodan

Taikyoku dai

Kosho

Seiha

Gekisai Ichi

Gekisai Ni

Sei Ha

Senki Dai

Sanseiru

Saifa

Seienchin

Anaku

Shisochin

Sanchin

Heian shodan

Heian nidan

Heian sandan

Heian Yondan

Heian Godan

Tekki Shodan

Bassai Dai

Enpi

[KumitePanda]

Heian shodan

Heian nidan

Heian sandan **

Tekki shodan

Hangetsu

and the 26th kata in TSKF...i'll be a green belt in august as i'll be missing my grading coz im going to melbourne.

if only i could trade sandan for hangetsu for my grading kata, i don't even have to think about it

[Lupin1]

Since I last posted about a year ago, I've added three more kata (not counting the two I learned during my two week stint in the Taekwondo class. I think they were just short, numbered, repeating forms made up by the instructor). So now I know our versions of:

Fukugata Sho

Kyozai

Annaku

Seisan

Saifa

Seiunchin

Naihanchi

Wansu

Chinto

[Wastelander]

Currently I know the following empty-hand kata.

Shuri-Ryu:

Taikyoku Ichi

Taikyoku Ni

Taikyoku San

Wansu

Anaku

Naihanchi Sho

Empi Sho

Sanchin

Seiunchin

Shorin-Ryu (Shorinkan):

Kihon Kata Dai Ichi

Kihon Kata Dai Ni

Kihon Kata Dai San

Fukyu no Kata

Naihanchi Shodan

Naihanchi Nidan

Naihanchi Sandan

Pinan Shodan

Pinan Nidan

Pinan Sandan

Pinan Yondan

I am currently learning Chinto (I have learned about half of it so far)

[wagnerk]

To get my black belt in Shotokan Karate, I had to learn the following kata's forwards, backwards as well as bunkai (application):

Taikyoku Shodan

Heian Shodan

Heian Nidan

Heian Sandan

Heian Yondan

Heian Godan

Tekki Shodan

Bassai Dai

Kanku Dai

Ji'in

Jion

Jitte

Enpi

Wankan

However since I haven't practiced Shotokan karate since 2002 and since then moved on to Freestyle karate, now kickboxing... Actually doing them now is a different story...

[Dobbersky]

In my Style we practice a total of 16 Kata:

3 Taikyoku Kata (practiced by Junior (kids) Grades, created by me to move the more advanced Kata up the Syllabus as I believed they were too technical for "Beginners")

Taikyoku Kata Shodan,

Taikyoku Kata Nidan and

Taikyoku Kata Sandan

4 Ashihara Kata (All Renamed – from “XXXX” no kata sono Ichi/Ni)

Shoshin Sho kata,

Kihon Sho kata,

Kumite Sho kata and

Nage Sho kata

4 Traditional Kata

Naihanchi,

Chil Sung Ee Ro Hyung ( renamed - Shichi Hoshi Kata),

Bassai (Passai) and

Niseishi

5 Hybrid Goshin/Jissen Kata (formulated by myself from “XXXX” no kata sono Ichi/Ni/San/Yon)

Goshin Dai kata,

Kihon Dai kata,

Kumite Dai kata,

Nage Dai kata and

Jissen Dai kata

I used to practice

Pinan Shodan,

Pinan Nidan,

Pinan Sandan,

Pinan Yondan and

Pinan Godan.

But I've not practiced them in over a year!