favourite kata

[DokterVet]

Actually I also like Naihanchi Sandan.

 

That's because it's really easy and I've done well in tournaments doing it.

[Elektra]

My fav kata would have to be... Tekki Shodan.

 

Its fast snappy and does not take long to finish

 

 

 

What's more, it's the best kata to practice on top of a mountain!

[Berutoron]

UP

 

Since I'm new on this forum I'm answering to interesting threads

 

I've been practising karate for only 1month 1/2, but I can say that my favourite kata is Naihanchi Shodan (in Shorin style)...Hehe Shaolinprincess I don't know Naihanchi (or Neihanchi) Nidan for it's a superior kata and at the moment I know the katas to Pinan sandan (the equal to Heian Sandan in Shotokan)

 

Anyway, for those who don't know what it looks like, here is the description of the kata:

 

Movement on the right (lateral, this kata is executed on a line)

 

then right fist on the right but with opened hand, palm upward

 

Then right forearm taken back and left forearm sticked to the right one...

 

Then hands taken back to the left (hikite) then right...

 

Then Gedan barai on the left, then kage zuki with the right hand...

 

Movement to the left while holding the kage zuki...

 

Stop, then uchi uke with the same arm...

 

Gedan Barai with the same arm and uchi uke with the other one...

 

fist sticked under the uchi uke (the elbow)

 

uchi uke lowered, then kind of uchi uke but with an ura ken at the end...

 

left leg raised to the right, then the uchi uke with the fist under the elbow taken to the left...then right leg raised to the left, and the uchi uke+fist under the elbow taken to the right...

 

then morote hikite to the left, then to the right...

 

Finally morote yoko zuki (or yoko yama zuki) to the left...

 

Then it's exacly the same thing but mirrored...

 

Wow....difficult to explain and to understand when it's not showed

[SaiFightsMS]

I also enjoy the tekki/naihanchi katas. They were my favorite at one time. Currently I have a fascination with hangetsu and wankan.

[alien]

i like unsu i've seen it done that many times by my Sensei in competitions and he wins..... i just like it

[Killer Miller]

Hi, I'm Jack and I'm new to the forum. My brother told me about the forum and I thought I'd check it out. I'm not training any more, but like to talk to old buddies, and discuss karate in general.

 

I trained JKA/AAKF for about 17 years under Hidetaka Nishiyama. I was getting ready to test for Nidan when I stopped training (Still Shodan though...). I was hoping to make the team, but inquired a serious injury. I finally had surgery for that injury about a year ago and doing great but feel too old and sore to continue with Karate and not enough time to teach it anymore either...

 

I've always been an avid Table Tennis player/competitor since I was a kid. Karate movements and technique is actually identical to table tennis. I have a table tennis website that fucuses primarily on the relationships of the two sports. I get almost the same workout with table tennis as I did with karate, except much lower impact on my body...

 

Anyhow, favorite Kata(s)??? Kanku Dai, Goju Shiho, Unsu (can't remember correct spelling?).

 

- Killer -

[Berutoron]

Really ? That means I can become a table tennis champion by practising karate ?

 

I knew karate was appropriated with nunchaku but not with table tennis hehe interesting...

[tenkamusou]

I like Wanshu, Meikyo, Wankan and Seentin...

 

I'm trying to master them hehehehehe

[kazuya Mishima]

I like unsu and tekki nidan but right now im only performing Gankaku again and again and again...

[KarateTips]

Chinto for me.... then maybe Tomari Bassai....