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KATA (Forms)
Heain Katas 1-5
Heian Shodan
Heian Nidan
Heian Sandan
Heian Yodan
Heian Godan
Tekki Katas 1-3
Tekki Shodan
Tekki Nidan
Tekki Sandan
More advanced
Bassai Dai
Empi
Jion
Kanku Dai
Bassai Sho
Chinte
Gankaku
Gojushiho Dai
Gojushiho Sho
Hangestu
Jiin
Jitte
Meikyo
Nijushiho
Sochin
Unsu
Wankan
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Kata Meanings:
- Taikyoku: First Cause
- en-No-Kata: Kata of the Universe
- Heian: Peaceful mind
- Tekki: Iron Knight
- Bassai: Storm the Fortress
- Sho: Lesser, small
- Dai: Greater, big
- Jion: Temple Ground
- Jiin: Temple Sound
- Kanku: To look at the sky
- Hangetsu: Crescent or Half moon
- Empi: Flying Swallow
- Chinte: Extraordinary Hands
- Jitte: Ten Hands
- Gankaku: Crane on a rock
- Sochin: To keep the peace; Grand Suppression
- Nijushiho: Twenty-four steps
- Shorei Kata: Light and quick; emphasizing agility and speed
- Shorin Kata: Slow, hard, and strong; emphasizing muscles and strength
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