Shotokan Karate Kenkojuku Kata listing

Shotokan Karate Kenkojuku Kata listing

THE FIFTEEN KATA GICHIN FUNAKOSHI BROUGHT TO JAPAN IN 1922

  1. Heian Shodan  (Pinan)  (peaceful mind)
  2. Heian Nidan  (Pinan)  (peaceful mind)
  3. Heian Sandan  (Pinan)  (peaceful mind)
  4. Heian Yodan  (Pinan)  (peaceful mind)
  5. Heian Godan  (Pinan)  (peaceful mind)
  6. Tekki Shodan  (Naihanchi)  (iron horse)
  7. Tekki Nidan  (Naihanchi)  (iron horse)
  8. Tekki Sandan  (Naihanchi)  (iron horse)
  9. Bassai-Dai  (Passai)  (extract from a fortress)
  10. Jute  (Jitte)  (ten hands)
  11. Empi  (Wanshu)  (flying swallow)
  12. Hangetsu  (Seisan)  (half moon - 13 steps)
  13. Jion  (Mercy)  (from jion temple grounds)
  14. Kanku-Dai  (Kusanku)  (to view the sky)
  15. Gankanku  (Chinto)

ADDITIONAL KATA DEVELOPED BY GICHIN FUNAKOSHI (1868-1957) AND YOSHITAKA (Gigo) FUNAKOSHI (1906-1945)

  1. Ten No Kata (kata of universe)
  2. Taikyoku Shodan  (first cause)
  3. Taikyoku Nidan   (first cause) (we omit this kata)
  4. Taikyoku Sandan  (first cause)

THE EIGHT (8) KATA ADDED BY TOMOSABURO OKANO (1923--2003)

  1. Niseishi  (name changed to Nijushi-ho)  (24 steps)
  2. Wankan  (Wankan)  (kings crown)
  3. Tomari Wankan  (Wankan)  (kings crown)
  4. Tomari Rohai  (visions of a crain)  (we omit this kata)
  5. Kanku-Sho  (Kusanku)  (to view the sky)
  6. Bassai-Sho  (Passai)  (extract from a fortress)
  7. Chinte  (Chinte)  (mysterious hands)
  8. Jiin  (Jiin)  (inverted mercy)

THE FIVE (5) KATA ADDED BY JIMMY BOWDEN

  1. Ten No Kata Dai  (kata of universe)  (similar to chi no kata)
  2. Passai-Dai  (Passai)  (extract from a fortress)
  3. Gojushiho-Sho  (Uesheishi)  (fifty-four steps)
  4. Shushi No Kon-Sho  (bo kata)
  5. Shushi No Kon-Dai  (bo kata) 

===========edited November 11, 2020==============