Monday, 25 February 2019

The Kihon Katas (A Nerd in me post)

This was to be a practice video post of the first four Kihon Katas we use, and contribute towards grading, but then I looked for videos for comparison..... 

Surprise, there aren't any readily available.  As I was to find, the formal Kihon Kata is a cornerstone of the Shotokan branch of Karate, and something very different to what we are learning.   There are many videos out there, but here is a link to one which is fairly typical:

Shotokan Kihon Kata

It also appears in Shito-Ryu under a different name:

Shito-ryu: Kihon Kata Ichi

Outside of this, other branches also use "Kihon" katas, but each refers to the "basics" or "fundamentals" as viewed by that particular branch.  This was confirmed by, my Sensei: Ours are not traditional katas, they are more for full-contact karate.  

Nerd time over, practice videos for the first four Kihon katas as I am trying to learn them:

Kihon Kata Shodan


Kihon Kata Nidan


Kihon Kata Sandan


Kihon Kata Yondan


Definitely work in progress 😊😊

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