Well I JUST LOVE KATA. However I like:- Sanchin and all its variations, I know three versions. Gojuryu Sanchin No Kata Uechi ryu Sanchin Fujiban Hakatsuru San Jan (At present getting me head around the diffrent posture) I also like :- Seriu - Konshiwa - Konshin - Seienchin - Shishoshin However my all time favorite kata are :- Hakatsuru Shimpo Hakatsuru Paiho Hakatsuru Chinto I also like Sushi-no-Kon and Fujiban-Hakatsuru-kon not sure if this is the vorrect name so Ill ask my mate tonight. Any way Keep up the training. :0
Has to be Enpi for me .... had a vid of Yahara sensei doing it outside a Buddhist shrine ..... Beautiful kata ....
I must admit to using tekki shodan alot for gradings because it's short and sweet and quite powerful. Now i've learned hangetsu though i think it will replace this,i just love the transition between the slow and fast movements.
Favs! My favorites would have to be: Empi-Sho kata (First elbow form/ Flying Swallow) Bassai Dai kata(Breaking through the fortress form/Breaking through the giant enemy circle form) Tsu-Sho kata (Way of the Bo form)
Even now i still like to practise the Go Ju ryu and Uechi ryu versions of Sanchin. Sadly i no longer practise shisouchin which i also used to like alot.
i do'nt know how well known this one is but in my ****o-ryu club , it's called ananku, it means light from the sea, but i also like penan godan
I have several favorites, but out of all these the only one I know and practice (and am beggining to master) is Saifa (Goju Ryu). It's a great kata, very efficient, and it's application so useful. Also, it looks pretty good. The ones still to be learned: I also love Shisochin and it's complex defenses for a wide variety of attacks, and Seipai and it's amazingly destructive Bunkai. Also check out Seiyunchin, it looks Great, so peaceful and controlled, but you have to do it slow and be able to stay in shiko dachi and neko ashi dachi for a while. All these kata I've mentioned are Goju Ryu, Taishu-Kai traditional style, I haven't seen their versions from other karate styles.
Kata Here's my favourite kata... 1. Goju Shiho Sho 2. Unsu 3. Sochin Goju is my favoutite competition kata, followed by Sochin I think!
So many to choose from... I love just about any kata that I can get someone to show me. There is just something about trying to study all there is to know and work on form regardless of what style one is. However in my current style I very much love performing Ananaku.
1.Unsu-my main competition kata 2.Matsumura Bassai 3/4. Jion/Kankudai, the two shotokan ****ei kata, need to know them
Tekki Shodan Has got to be Tekki shodan - I love its emphasis on power and the brutal applications of it all. (Some styles - I do Shotokan - would probably practise the older version Naihanchi Shodan. Shoto's is different in that Tekki uses much lower stances than Naihanchi.)
Hello, I really like Empi and Sochin. I like Empi because of its gracefulness. When done correctly it really amazing. I also like Sochin because of the sense of being rooted to the ground throughout the whole kata.
From Shiho Karano Karate, my favorite kata is definitely either Jeon or Masukazi. They're both pretty different.
