mArTiAl_GiRl Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 smr, I'll try to guess what style you practise, is it Wado-Ryu? Because, in Wado-Ryu, there aren't so effective katas like in Shito-Ryu. It's difficult to do Wado-Ryu katas at the competitions. Kill is love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohtar Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 My favorite kata's are Saiha and Pinan sono go. Where will you run when the earth becomes your enemy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panginoon Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Hey guys, I was just wondering what everybodys favourite kata is. Personally, I quite like Jion and Jitte, as they as simple, yet powerful. I think Gankaku is also fun to perform.] My favorite katas are: Shorin-ryu's Nahainchi I and Seisan. Least favorite: Naihanchi II and Uechi-ryu's Sanchin(hurts my shoulders) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theswarm Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 my favourites are Empi (how cool is the jump!), Kankudai (and that bit on the ground!), Seinchin makes me feel like I'm in some sort of martial art move belting people in the head then groin. Bassai dai is cool it took me ages to get my kokutsa(spelling) dachu right when I was learning it. Saifa is a great early on kata. What's that kata that sounds like the word seizer? (even though seizer is the bit where you go on the ground) its awesome and what's that one with all those backfists towards the beginning? I like sepai too especially that double ground punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKJ1216 Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Well one of the ones that I've seen that I though looked cool was sempai. White Belt- Shudokan Karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theswarm Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 ps that site that had the shotokan videos... our bassai dai is different to yours our greeting is at the top, plus alot of our timing is different that was mostly similar speed all the way through, we do alot of the stuff he did slow fast (in particular the back leaning stance knife hand blocks) and he drop his left shoulder when doing the double punch the jodan tsuki and the short punch (shute tsuki? not sure of the spelling) whereas we keep our shoulders back, and I always thought the bit after that part where the person steps through 180 and does the gedan burai that converts into a uchi uke - the move after the gedan burai looked like a fist forward rather than a block. I guess it's different across styles. The empi looks exactly the same though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcnavstar Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 My favorite is Seisan, from Shorin Ryu. "We work with being, but non-being is what we use" Tao Te Ching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stencil Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 As far as ones that I've done so far (I've only been training 1.5 years), that my favorite would have to be Gekisai Dai San. Or Sanchin, for the mind-body thing. You feel so invigorated after doing a good Sanchin session. As far as ones I like to watch, probably Suparenpei. Can't wait to learn that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKJ1216 Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 I need to find a site that has videos of the shudokan kata. White Belt- Shudokan Karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Martial_Girl: I practice Matsumura Seito Shorin-Ryu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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