Favourite Pinan Kata [And Why]

[Nidan Melbourne]

even though i haven't learnt any of the kata, i just watched them on youtube (thank god for youtube!!!) and nidan is pretty cool

[CredoTe]

even though i haven't learnt any of the kata, i just watched them on youtube (thank god for youtube!!!) and nidan is pretty cool

Yeah, shodan/nidan has some pretty good fighting aspects to it (shodan in Okinawan Shorin-Ryu based styles is nidan in Shotokan I believe)...

[Kusotare]

(shodan in Okinawan Shorin-Ryu based styles is nidan in Shotokan I believe)...

You are correct. Funakoshi Gichin adjusted the nomenclature of the pinan kata reversing Nidan and Shodan.

K.

[CredoTe]

(shodan in Okinawan Shorin-Ryu based styles is nidan in Shotokan I believe)...

You are correct. Funakoshi Gichin adjusted the nomenclature of the pinan kata reversing Nidan and Shodan.

K.

Thanks for the clarification, Kusotare...

[sensei8]

Try to make the changes now and many will turn in their graves; some literally and some figuratively...if you get my meaning.

[Ulubis Minor]

Mine would be Pinan Shodan. It may be the most basic, but it has the best principals. It teaches the main stances, how to move, turning, hard to soft, soft to hard, bunkai is actually rather neat, it teaches take downs, blocks, punches, and is simple.

[DoctorQui]

Yondan!

It was the Kata I was most afraid of and took the longest to get right and now I'm in love with it, such a dynamic kata.