Tekki Sandan - Shotokan Karate

The most popular image associated with kata is that of a karate practitioner performing a series of punches and kicks in the air. The kata are executed as a specified series of approximately 20 to 70 moves, generally with stepping and turning, while attempting to maintain perfect form. There are perhaps 100 kata across the various forms of karate, each with many minor variations. The number of moves in a kata may be referred to in the name of the kata, eg. Gojushiho, which means "54 steps." The number of moves may also have links with Buddhist spirituality. The number 108 is significant in Buddhism, and kata with 54, 36, or 27 moves (divisors of 108) are common. The practitioner is generally counselled to visualize the enemy attacks, and his or her responses, as actually occurring, and karateka are often told to "read" a kata, to explain the imagined events.

In teaching the open handed kata, most styles of Karate start with a series of three, or sometimes two, very simple kata called blocking forms before advancing to five basic kata named Pinan in some systems and Heian in others. By working through this series (in order: Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan, Godan (except in Wado Ryu Karate, where Shodan and Nidan are reversed)) the practitioner learns all the basic stances and techniques before moving on to more advanced kata. Traditionally, kata are taught in stages. Previously learned kata are returned to in order to show more advanced techniques or ways of doing things, as beginners do not have the same knowledge and experience that practitioners further up the ranks have. It is not uncommon in some styles for students testing for Shodan (first rank black belt) to have to repeat every kata they have learned from the first belt, but at a "black belt" level, for example, with better technique, power, amongst others. This system is often used for the lower grades as well. The student will perform one new kata and one or two previous ones, to demonstrate how much they have progressed and how quickly they can learn new things.

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[FiasaPower]

I agree , but the katas aren't the problem . The problem is the misunderstanding of them .

[matavellirafa]

katas are just used to perfect the moves..

you won't do kata on a street fight...

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for christs sake...

[dragonsauceaful]

at 1:20 what block is that called?

[dragonsauceaful]

aw crap i missed this one

[SassiDownUnder]

F***ing hell! And i have problems with heian godan O.o

[master06508]

@raresstoica97 i know the kata,i have to perfect it

[raresstoica97]

@master06508 that you know the moves doesn't mean u know the kata. i learned that long time ago

[master06508]

I Am a orange belt and i already know to do Heian Godan(5th Basics,Blue belt Kata)



[IEKUKATAKA]

@ShowYourWorking He died in '44, tell that to someone else. Absolutely NO kata fit the description you propose. In fact, I doubt that all classical kata combined fit that scenario. The reality of close fighting is that it is a crap shoot even for the most accomplished, you are too close, there is too much going on, there are too many variables and possibilities. If you are there, things have gotten out of hand.

[FoieGras]

@FiasaPower That and Shotokan Katas are way rigid, which doesn't help your body get used to the range of motions as opposed to a style like say Xing Yi, which the forms are made so that you will be able to fight with the movements.

[Kernomary10]

what dan r u?

[shokyu42]

@urkingod I'm afraid I don't get yout Hikite point. Do you mean that the higher up your Hikite, the more powerful the punch will be? How can that be if it decreases the turn and the length of the movement? Just asking..