Shotokan Karate Blogs » Katas http://www.myshotokan.com/blog Personal and Dojo Shotokan Karate Blogs Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:39:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Next Grading in February 2010 http://www.myshotokan.com/blog/next-grading-in-february-2010/ http://www.myshotokan.com/blog/next-grading-in-february-2010/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:01:03 +0000 Marc http://www.kerryshotokan.com/?p=429

Hi,

The next grading will take place on 26th February and not on 19th as initially planned. This will give everybody time to revise katas and Kihons.

Please remember that there is no guarantee that you will grade successfully and I would encourage you to discuss with Sensei Charles to check if you (or your children) are ready for grading before presenting for grading. Knowledge of the appropriate Kata is a requirement.

to grade for the folllowing belts, here is the Kata required:

Orange – Heian Shodan

Blue – Heian Nidan

1st Green – Heian Sandan

2nd Green – Heian Yondan

1st Purple – Heian Godan

Second Purple – Tekki Shodan.

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On Saturday 7th November some of the members of Kerry Shotokan Karate School attended a workshop in Kenmare FSKD Dojo. Sensei Niall Wright did a workshop on Katas focusing on what to do and not do in a competition to improve the level of our Katas. Through a number of exercises based on Heian Nidan, we learned to improve our posture, Kime and stance.

After a short break, Sensei Charles Neri conducted a short session on basics (Kihon) followed by further exercises based on the Kata Bassai Dai.

We completed the workshop by some advice on refereeing and each of the participant had a chance to either referee a match either as a corner judge or as main referee.

We would like to thank Sensei Niall for his hospitality and a very enjoyable day and hope to renew the experience, probably on the third weekend in January, in Killorglin.

Here are a few photographs (thanks Tony) of the day.

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We recently came across this website from Cambridge University Karate Club. These show the various Katas step by step.

Takeoke Shodan

Heian Shodan

Heian Nidan

Heian Sandan

Heian Yondan

Heian Godan

Tekki Shodan

You can see the home page with a list of the Katas available as slide show at http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cukc/katapage/index.html

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