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Favourite Kata

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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

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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 .

never give up !

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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

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.

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Ananku, Wanshu, Passai, Chinto

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

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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?

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 :P

KishimotoDi | 2014-Present | Sensei: Ulf Karlsson

Shorin-Ryu/Shinkoten Karate | 2010-Present: Yondan, Renshi | Sensei: Richard Poage (RIP), Jeff Allred (RIP)

Shuri-Ryu | 2006-2010: Sankyu | Sensei: Joey Johnston, Joe Walker (RIP)

Judo | 2007-2010: Gokyu | Sensei: Joe Walker (RIP), Ramon Rivera (RIP), Adrian Rivera

Illinois Practical Karate | International Neoclassical Karate Kobudo Society

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mine is seeiunchin kata from goju-ryu

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as it just changed lol

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

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