How to Improve Your Kata Performance: 5 Surprising Tips

How to Improve Your Kata Performance: 5 Surprising Tips

In this post, I will share with you five tips to improve your kata that I learned from a third dan. I have found them to be very helpful and they are unlike many common kata tips that I have read before on the internet, so I hope you’ll find them beneficial in...
A Complete List of Kyokushin Kata with Videos

A Complete List of Kyokushin Kata with Videos

This post provides you with a list of 20 katas that are commonly practiced in Kyokushin dojos. There are also video demonstrations of these katas by Kyokushin masters, champions, and senior instructors. Some Kyokushin dojos, however, may include other katas in their...
What is the Purpose of Kata in Karate?

What is the Purpose of Kata in Karate?

You might have heard the phrase “kata is karate and karate is kata” before and wondered what does that actually mean? Where is the connection between kata and self-defense? What is the purpose of kata in karate? I haven’t learned karate for that long...
A Complete List of Wado Ryu Katas with Videos

A Complete List of Wado Ryu Katas with Videos

Wado Ryu karate style has only 9 official katas according to its founder, Hironori Otsuka sensei, in his book Wado Ryu Karate: Hironori Otsuka. The 9 official katas are Pinan Nidan, Pinan Shodan, Pinan Sandan, Pinan Yodan, Pinan Godan, Kūshankū, Naihanchi, Seishan and...
A Complete List of Shotokan Katas with Videos

A Complete List of Shotokan Katas with Videos

There are 26 official Shotokan karate katas put forward by Master Nakayama Masatoshi. However, some dojos include the kihon kata, Taikyoku Shodan for the very beginners, making it 27 katas in total. Katas are the essence of karate regardless of style. Katas are mostly...
A Complete List of Goju Ryu Karate Katas with Videos

A Complete List of Goju Ryu Karate Katas with Videos

Goju Ryu karate style has only 12 katas in total. Though not as many as some other karate styles, quantity does not equal effectiveness or quality. Mastering a kata, even lower-level ones, and being able to use it effectively in actual combats, requires years of...