Favourite Kata

[Nidan Melbourne]

Whats your favourite Kata be it from Goju, Shotokan, Wado-ryu, shito-ryu or any other style? And why is it your favourite?

Mine personally is sanseru from Goju-ryu

[pers]

My favourite kata keeps changing every now and then ! currently I am in favour of kanku sho but before that my favourites were hangetsu , sochin ,kanku dai , empi , unsu , Nijo shiho , teki shodan , hian godan , hian shodan .

Each one has a different feel and , for warm up I just go through bits and pieces that I like most from each kata , I usually start with a few repetitions of first 3 moves in hangetsu for its breathing and kime ,sometimes I do them when I get up in the morning , to me it is so invigorating .

Hian shodan is a great work out for basic techniques and fundementals and it is always good to go to for conditioning and tuning up your techniques even for senior dan grades , you see a black belt do Hian shodan and you can guess what dan grade they could be !

at the moment I love kanku sho for its dynamic and multiple approach to self defence , I just love doing this kata at the moment .

[Nidan Melbourne]

They sound like some awesome Kata. Haven't seen a few of them before. but definitely worth going onto YouTube to see what they look like

[Wastelander]

It's hard for me to say, because I like a lot of kata for a lot of different reasons. If I had to pick the one I enjoy doing the most, I would say it is probably Seiunchin. I originally learned a version of it from my Shuri-Ryu instructor that was very similar to the Shito-Ryu version. I have since worked it a bit with Japanese Goju-Ryu people, and have modified the way I do it.

[CredoTe]

Ananku, Wanshu, Passai, Chinto

Plus the Pinan pentad, particularly Pinan Yondan, as well as Naihanchi trio

[Nidan Melbourne]

It's hard for me to say, because I like a lot of kata for a lot of different reasons. If I had to pick the one I enjoy doing the most, I would say it is probably Seiunchin. I originally learned a version of it from my Shuri-Ryu instructor that was very similar to the Shito-Ryu version. I have since worked it a bit with Japanese Goju-Ryu people, and have modified the way I do it.

so you have made some slight variations between the styles to create your current version of it?

[Wastelander]

It's hard for me to say, because I like a lot of kata for a lot of different reasons. If I had to pick the one I enjoy doing the most, I would say it is probably Seiunchin. I originally learned a version of it from my Shuri-Ryu instructor that was very similar to the Shito-Ryu version. I have since worked it a bit with Japanese Goju-Ryu people, and have modified the way I do it.

so you have made some slight variations between the styles to create your current version of it?

Correct--after working both the version I originally learned, and the version that my Goju-Ryu friends do, I decided that there were some things I liked better about their version and included them. I haven't actually settled on doing the same thing every time, though, so it's still a bit experimental. My instructor is planning to ask Hanshi Perry about learning his version of Seiunchin, which is from an old Okinawan family style. If I get the chance to work that, I will probably tweak what I do some more.

I'm a terrible traditionalist

[Nidan Melbourne]

mine is seeiunchin kata from goju-ryu

[Nidan Melbourne]

as it just changed lol

[Rig]

Ananku and Seienchin are my favourite Kata, no idea why, they both just seem fit me.