Kata

[sensei8]

Strictly from Shindokan Saitou-ryu, as founded by Fuyuhiko Saitou, Soke, Judan.

I've learnt/trained in many kata's from outside of the Shindokan circle, and I'll teach those kata's as applicably necessary at my own dojo. But when I'm at the Hombu, I don't stray away from our core Kata's!!

How many core kata's do you have?

29 Shindokan Karate-do

20 Shindokan Kubodo

49 grand total Kata's

[smileface777]

In my dojo we only practice our own style specific kata. Outside of the dojo I have learned some Shito-Ryu and have been trying to analyse and interpret the difference between the bunkai and the ideas behind it.

[Montana]

We only teach kata specific to our system. Between the karate kata and the kobudo (weapons) kata..that's PLENTY! lol

[armanox]

Depends on how you define the system

For Shorin Ryu schools there is a common set of kata that says "We're Shorin Ryu" - they tend to be Naihanchi, Pinan, Passai, Kusanku and Gojushiho. There are quite a few other kata that commonly appear in Shorin Ryu schools, such as Seisan, (some sort of) Kihon, Unsu, Wansu, Jion, etc.

That makes breaking it down sorta hard.

Outside of the Shorin kata, we teach Seisan (doesn't appear to be a Shuri version), Fukyu (Matsubayashi Ryu), and Tensho (Goju Ryu)

[Spartacus Maximus]

As far as learning the sequence and direction of moves is concerned, there is really no such thing as an easy kata or a difficult kata. Even the most complicated kata can be learned in a few hours of daily repetition.

The real difficulty of any kata is in the fine points that are not immediately obvious. Things like body mechanics or fundamental principles for effective use of each technique. This is why the most difficult kata are often the ones that appear simple on the surface.

Appearances are deceiving and what looks easy can be quite a challenge when one takes the time to really try to understand what one is meant to gain from training.