Kata for your style @ your school

[Nidan Melbourne]

I love seeing the differences in kata at peoples schools. Other than those who already posted but to those who train in the same styles do you havem in the same order or not?

[cheesefrysamurai]

At my school it's gekkisai dai ichi, ni, sanchin, saifa, seiyunchin and shisochin. That's as much as I've gotten.

[armanox]

Ah kata....we have a few that are 'borrowed' from other styles in the mix (non-Shorin Ryu kata I mean)

Syllabus is as follows:

White belt:

Kihon I - V

Fukyu I - II (Matsubayashi Ryu)

Naihaichi I - III

Seisan (Matsumura Seito Shorin Ryu I think)

Tensho (Goju Ryu)

Green Belt:

Pinan I - V

Passai Sho and Dai

Brown Belt (sankyu - ikkyu):

Kusanku Sho and Dai

Chinto

Gyosho no Kun (Bo)

Ichi no Sai

Maezato no Nunchaku

Black belt (Shodan and up):

Gojushiho

Jion

Unsu

Kopassai Sho

Chatanyara no Kusanku

Tetsho

Other Bo kata (4 more that I know of, can't remember names)

Chita Shitahaku no sai

Tsuken shitahaku no sai

Chatanyara no Sai

Hamahiga no Sai

Yaka no Sai

Aguni no nunchaku

Aguni ni nunchaku (double nunchaku)

Hamahiga no Tonfa

[Nidan Melbourne]

Ah kata....we have a few that are 'borrowed' from other styles in the mix (non-Shorin Ryu kata I mean)

Syllabus is as follows:

White belt:

Kihon I - V

Fukyu I - II (Matsubayashi Ryu)

Naihaichi I - III

Seisan (Matsumura Seito Shorin Ryu I think)

Tensho (Goju Ryu)

Green Belt:

Pinan I - V

Passai Sho and Dai

Brown Belt (sankyu - ikkyu):

Kusanku Sho and Dai

Chinto

Gyosho no Kun (Bo)

Ichi no Sai

Maezato no Nunchaku

Black belt (Shodan and up):

Gojushiho

Jion

Unsu

Kopassai Sho

Chatanyara no Kusanku

Tetsho

Other Bo kata (4 more that I know of, can't remember names)

Chita Shitahaku no sai

Tsuken shitahaku no sai

Chatanyara no Sai

Hamahiga no Sai

Yaka no Sai

Aguni no nunchaku

Aguni ni nunchaku (double nunchaku)

Hamahiga no Tonfa

So you guys are a tad cheeky to borrow some from other schools. But hey every school borrows stuff from other schools

[Doctrine612]

Isshinryu karate do

But not all schools do it this way.

White seisan

White 1 seuichin, nihanchi

White 2 wansu

Green chinto

Green 1 kusanku

Green2 sunsu

Brown kusanku sai

Brown 1 sanchin, nunchuku

Brown 2 tokomine

Black 1 urashi bo

Black 2 chantary sai, tonfa

Black 3 bo shi shi

Black 4 - 10 teaching and time.

[Nidan Melbourne]

From my point of view, we don't leave out so much as we don't 'add in'.

Since it's informal, belts are not associated with kata; you learn a kata and when you know the outside well enough to keep up you start on another. One can know all the core kata in a few years, and have no rank.

Learning order is: Sanchin, Tensho, Saifa, Seuinchin, Sepai, Sanseru, Seisan, Kururunfa, Suparimpe.

from a thread about Goju that is also in this karate portion of karate forums http://www.karateforums.com/goju-ryu-question-vt46953.html. What is your style and the kata that are core to your specific style and what are the kata that your school (where you train at) do?

Which kata does your school leave out?

If you train in a style that is relatively new what is the parent styles? And also which kata did you take from each style or did you create your own?

For instance at my dojo we are Goju-Ryu but have hijacked some kata from the Goju-Kai (Kai = organisation) to help our students learn maneouvering and the techniques.

Our kata for each rank is as follows

White - Taikyoku Jodan

Yellow - Taikyoku Chudan (similar to Jodan, except different block & chudan tsuki)

Orange - Taikyoku Gedan (shiko dachi Gedan Uke + gedan tsuki)

Red - Taikyoku Kake Uke

Green - Taikyoku Mawashi Ich

Purple - Gekesai Ich + Ni

Blue - Saifa

Brown - Seeiunchin

1st Brown - Seeiunchin

Shodan-Ho - Seeiunchin + Sanseru

Shodan - Sanseru + Seisan

Nidan - Seisan + Shisochin

Sandan - Shisochin + Seipai

Yondan - Seipai + Kururunfa

Godan - Kururunfa + Suparenpei

ALL Belts from Shodan-Ho up (for JUNIORS) MUST know Sanchin + Tensho

ALL Belts from Green Belt (ADULTS) MUST know Sanchin + Tensho

Now the first five kata (taikyoku kata) are from Goju-Kai which were developed by Yamaguchi Sensei.

Traditionally you learn (From Goju-Ryu) Gekesai Ich first and then build up from there. For us at our school we want our students to have an understanding of how to turn and use their body effectively for kata and parts of training.

The taikyoku kata in my eyes are a very good way of having students learn and make them think whilst doing kata. Especially when it comes to power and use of hips!

For me seipai would be better suited to be after seisan because of the difficulty of some movements in it.

Even though there is no real guidelines on which order you learn it, since it is kinda the personal preference of the school.

Although you did leave out 2 kata; Gekesai Ichi & Ni which were created by Chojun Miyagi Sensei, which my school (Goju-Ryu) uses along with other schools around the world.

[Nidan Melbourne]

At my school it's gekkisai dai ichi, ni, sanchin, saifa, seiyunchin and shisochin. That's as much as I've gotten.

Which of those do you like & dislike the most so far?

[armanox]

Ah kata....we have a few that are 'borrowed' from other styles in the mix (non-Shorin Ryu kata I mean)

Syllabus is as follows:

White belt:

Kihon I - V

Fukyu I - II (Matsubayashi Ryu)

Naihaichi I - III

Seisan (Matsumura Seito Shorin Ryu I think)

Tensho (Goju Ryu)

Green Belt:

Pinan I - V

Passai Sho and Dai

Brown Belt (sankyu - ikkyu):

Kusanku Sho and Dai

Chinto

Gyosho no Kun (Bo)

Ichi no Sai

Maezato no Nunchaku

Black belt (Shodan and up):

Gojushiho

Jion

Unsu

Kopassai Sho

Chatanyara no Kusanku

Tetsho

Other Bo kata (4 more that I know of, can't remember names)

Chita Shitahaku no sai

Tsuken shitahaku no sai

Chatanyara no Sai

Hamahiga no Sai

Yaka no Sai

Aguni no nunchaku

Aguni ni nunchaku (double nunchaku)

Hamahiga no Tonfa

So you guys are a tad cheeky to borrow some from other schools. But hey every school borrows stuff from other schools

I'm not sure what you mean by 'cheeky.' If the instructor feels the kata adds value to the curriculum, then who am I to criticize? All of the 'core' kata are Shorin Ryu kata, and then a couple of been hand picked to 'enhance' the instruction.

[bushido_man96]

We practice the Chang Hon system of TKD forms. However, we don't have all 24 in our syllabus, and we have an extra form that our GM added as a high orange belt form.

White belt: Chon Ji

Orange belt: Dan Gun, Bo Chung

Green belt: Do San, Won Hyo

Blue belt: Yul Kok, Joong Gun

Brown belt: Toi Gye, Hwa Rang, Choong Moo

1st Dan: Choong Moo (1st recommended), Kwang Gae

2nd Dan: Poe Eun (2nd recommended), Gae Baek

3rd Dan: Se Jong (3rd recommended), Yoo Sin

4th Dan: Choong Jang

5th Dan: need to check...

6th Dan: need to check... (I'm currently 4th Dan).

[unknownstyle]

In my Uechi Ryu classes we practice,

Sanchin

Kanshiwa

Kanshu

Seichin

Seisan

Seiryu

Kanchin

Sanseiryu.

I'm in the process of trasitiining over to Fusei Kise's Matsumura Seito Federation so I'm not sure all the kobudo kata but the empty hand kata are as follows,

Fukyugata Ichi, Ni, and San

Pinan Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan, and Godan

Naihanchi Shodan, Nidan, and Sandan

Passai Sho and Dai

Seisan

Wansu

Ananku

Chinto

Rohai

Gojushiho

Kusanku.