Training - Kata List
Our style, Shito Ryu, is a style of karate that puts a strong emphasis on the importance of kata within karate. For this reason we have developed a large amount of kata, with most of them being from the Shito Ryu lineage.
Anko Itosu
Pinan Nidan – Peaceful Mind Tranquility
Pinan Yondan – Peaceful Mind Tranquility
Pinan Shodan – Peaceful Mind Tranquility
Pinan Godan – Peaceful Mind Tranquility
Pinan Sandan – Peaceful Mind Tranquility
Bassai Dai – Breach a Fortress
Passai Sho – Breach a Fortress
Jiin – Ten Feet
Jion – Ten Men
Jitte – Ten Hands
Kosokun Dai – The Name of the Chinese Public Official
Naifanchin Shodan – Sideway Fighting, or Surreptitious Steps
Naifanchin Nidan – Sideway Fighting, or Surreptitious Steps
Naifanchin Sandan – Sideway Fighting, or Surreptitious Steps
Wansu – The name of Chinese Envoy
Matsumura Sokan
Matsumura no Bassai – Breach a Fortress
Matsumura no Rohai – Vision of a White Heron
Go Kenki
Nipaipo – Twenty Eight Steps
Seisho Aragaki
Niseishi – Twenty Four Steps
Unshu – Cloud Hands, Hand in the Clouds
Tomari no Bassai – Breach a Fortress
Chatan Yara
Kusanku – The Name of the Chinese Public Official
Kanryo Higoanna
Seienchin – Lull in the Storm
Seipai – Eighteen Hands
Seisan – Thirteen Hands
Superinpei – One Hundred Hands, One Hundred Steps
Kenwa Mabuni
Aoyagi – Green Willow
Juroku - Sixteen
Matsukaze – Pine Tree Wind