Favourite Shotokan Kata

[BassaiNige]

Hi all,just curious as to you Shotokan karateka as to your favourite kata,a couple of mine are sochin and enpi,although also like partial to kanku-dai and niju-shio.

[Kodakmint]

Bassai dai

[BassaiNige]

Yes Bassai Dai nice kata too,remember when i was learning that for my 1st dan,my instructor told me that if i was not knackered after doing that kata i was not doing it properly!

[brickshooter]

Hein Shodan

Hein Nidan

Sochin

[sensei8]

Wankan

[Dobbersky]

Yes Bassai Dai nice kata too,remember when i was learning that for my 1st dan,my instructor told me that if i was not knackered after doing that kata i was not doing it properly!

Agreed, love Bassai Dai and Nijushiho too!

If was only allowed 2 traditional kata, it would be these 2 from Shoto-Kan

OSU

[DoctorQui]

Definitely Bassai Dai!

I just learned it and love it, its so powerful and I'm always out of breath afterwards.

Got my grading tomorrow morning where I have to do it (Brown White) so a bit nervous.

[BassaiNige]

Best of luck with your grading doctor, i remember when I just had Bassa Dai as my grade kata,got my 2nd dan coming up in October,got about 15 kata to do for that including Bassai Dai!.Let us all know how you get on tomorrow.

[BassaiNige]

As for the nerves Doctor,whenever I was grading I always found it was like going to the dentist,the thought of it was worse,once you are there and get started its not so bad.A previous instructor of mine once said to me before a grading,just treat it like another lesson.

[ps1]

Kanku Dai and Unsu