What Katas do you know?

[pittbullJudoka]

Taikyoku sho

Heian Sho

Heian Ni

Heian Son

Heian Yo

Heian Go

Pinan Go

Tekki Sho

Tekki Ni

Nahanchi San

Bassia Dia

Konku

This excludes the katas I have forgotten from when I was practising Shorin Ryu

[Traymond]

And their are other smaller ways of telling, but just look at the movements and figure out if its a kata or a pattern.

Is there a difference? I always understood that pattern and kata were essentially the same thing. Like using the word "form."

A pattern to most "extreme" traditional Martial artists, is an insulting way of talking about a kata, because a pattern has no life, while kata needs life breathed into it.

To me, it was all the same: kata=pattern=form=hyung, etc. In many TKD schools, the forms are referred to as patterns. We obviously don't use the term kata, simply because it is a Japanese term, but the Korean equivalent is the word hyung, and the English equivalent would be form or pattern. I have never heard of the exclusivity of any of the terms before. But hey, to each his own.

Sorry its been a long time since I was in Tkd...but I thought the forms of Tae Kwon Do were referred to as Poomse?...

And When I spoke about the traditional martial artist I meant the Traditional Okinawan Martial artist (Referring to the styles that I have been in).

[DWx]

Sorry its been a long time since I was in Tkd...but I thought the forms of Tae Kwon Do were referred to as Poomse?...

Poomse is only used for WTF style and their forms.

[bushido_man96]

Sorry its been a long time since I was in Tkd...but I thought the forms of Tae Kwon Do were referred to as Poomse?...

Poomse is only used for WTF style and their forms.

That is another word I forgot. Actually, the ATA refers to their forms as Poomse, too.

In the end, they're all just another word for the same thing.

[the beast]

Kicho( Taikyoku shodan)

Pinan 1-5

Chinte

Basai Dai

Tekki Shodan

Hajimente

Am learning Tekki Nidan

and working on Futatsu

[Traymond]

Oh haha thank you, I thought my korean heritage was failing me a bit.

so the ITF does not use it than, just the WTF and the ATA?

And beast...

do you know if their is a video somewhere where I can see Futatsu....I like the name and would like to see it...

[white owl]

Taikyoku 1 (we call Kicho Kata)

Pinan 1

Pinan 2

Pinan 3

Pinan 4

Pinan 5

Tekki 1

Chinte

Basai Dai

Kibon

We are a sister school to a Goshin Jutsu school so we are learning there katas an so far I got;

Hajimente

Futatsu

[Killer Miller]

Katas:

MaiHun KukKou

WatseiMai Sho and Dai

TekkiEigo 1-3

Kitsuwiki Dai

EidoNou Sho

WatsuUpi Heans

- Killer -

[bushido_man96]

Oh haha thank you, I thought my korean heritage was failing me a bit.

so the ITF does not use it than, just the WTF and the ATA?

I've seen the ITF use the word "tul" as well. I don't see the word poomse used with the ITF forms.

[Traymond]

Oh ok..see you learn something new everyday...