Promotion Kata
“Practice kata exactly, actual combat is another matter”
The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate
Guiding Principle 18
Gichin Funakoshi “Father of Modern Karate” 1
Some practitioners of Karate believe that Kata should be performed exactly as it was taught originally. This quote from Gichin Funakoshi Sensei often creates a lot of controversy regarding the subject. Should Kata be performed exactly as it was? Or is the meaning that kata should be performed with exact precision?
At Tahoma Karate, we believe the former to be true. Each Kata should be performed with clear intention and precisely performed to relay that intention. We teach Kata to be performed the same many times over and the precise motions help not only with the consistency of the performance, but the development of certain muscles that will be required further in the student’s karate journey. This is only our belief and because of that the videos below are designed to be helpful for our students. They do not relay intention and are only meant to assist students in the memorization of the steps.
Yellow Belt
Blue Belt
Purple Belt
Ten no Kata (Purple Belt way)
Use the Yellow Belt video for reference, pay very close attention to the different stances.
1st Green Belt
Chi no Kata (Green Belt way)
Use the Blue Belt video for reference, pay very close attention to the movement of the hands before each block.
2nd Green Belt
1st Brown Belt
Ten no Kata (Brown Belt way)
Kata Progression List
Rohai
Nipaipo
Papuren
Ananko
Enpi
Unshu
Pachu
Heiku / Paiku
Anan
Seipai
Seiyunchin / Kururunfa
Suparinpei
Kosoukun Shou
Kosoukun Dai / Shihokosoukun
Chatanyara Kushanku
2nd Brown Belt
Chi no Kata (Brown Belt way)
1 Kata from first Colom of the Kata Progression List
3rd Brown Belt
1 Kata from the first Colom of the Kata Progression List (Must be a different kata from 2nd Kyu)
Probationary Black Belt
Ten no Kata OR Chi no Kata
2 of the 5 Heian Kata
Ananko OR Shiho kosokun
Sensei will choose
2 Kata from the First Colom of the Kata Progression List (Can be the same as performed for Brown Belt Tests)
1 Kata from the Second Colom of the Kata Progression List (must correspond to one of the 2 Kata performed from the list during Black Belt Test)
1 Funakoshi, Gichin. (1938). The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate. Kodansha USA Publishing LLC.
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