which is ure favourite kata

[twendkata71]

I hate to say it,but that fellow in the kata video is not so good. Perhaps it is just the version of seiyunchin that he was taught.
It still is not a very good version. I like the Shito ryu version much better.
Typically Shidokan stylist are good fighters,but not so good kata. Still Shidokan and the other Kyokushinkai offshoots are good fighters.

 

[Martin h]

I hate to say it,but that fellow in the kata video is not so good.

Actualy I agree, but it was the only version online of the kyokushin (or close to it anyway) version of the kata that I knew of offhand.

 

[twendkata71]

I used to have a copy of an old karate video from the 70's that was basically a pro Kyokushinkai documetary(Fighting black nights). It had some very good Kyokushikai kata people demonstrating in it . Back when Nishimura and others were still with Kyokushinkai.

Actualy I agree, but it was the only version online of the kyokushin (or close to it anyway) version of the kata that I knew of offhand.

 

[Cirdan]

At the moment my favourtie kata is Pinan Yondan.
However I am especially looking foreward to learning Naihanchi

 

[Martin h]

I used to have a copy of an old karate video from the 70's that was basically a pro Kyokushinkai documetary(Fighting black nights). It had some very good Kyokushikai kata people demonstrating in it . Back when Nishimura and others were still with Kyokushinkai.

"fighting black KINGS" and (Tadashi)"Nakamura"

Yes. kyokushin have a few very good kata specialist, but not as many as some other styles, since its not what kyokushin (and related knockdown styles) focus on.

 

[twendkata71]

Nakamura, Oyama(world Oyama karate), The kata schene's were shot at Nakamura's dojo. That movie inspired me to train harder. They demonstrated Seiyunchin, and kanku. I wishi I still had a copy.







Yes. kyokushin have a few very good kata specialist, but not as many as some other styles, since its not what kyokushin (and related knockdown styles) focus on.[/quote]

 

[twendkata71]

Oh yeah, and it had William Oliver. Fantastic fighter. He went with Nakamura and the Seido karate organization. I heard he passed away.

 

[SFC JeffJ]

I'd have to say Tensho, but Rohai(sp?) comes in a close second.

Jeff

 

[twendkata71]

Which Rohai do you practice. I practice the Shito ryu Matsumura Rohai as well as the Matsubayashi Shorin ryu version.

I'd have to say Tensho, but Rohai(sp?) comes in a close second.

Jeff

 

[SFC JeffJ]

Which Rohai do you practice. I practice the Shito ryu Matsumura Rohai as well as the Matsubayashi Shorin ryu version.

Since what I study really doesn't have Kata in the karate sense ( I've just learned a few forms that I thought would help my jujitsu), I'll have to make an educated guess. Knowing what I do about the background of the person who instructed me, I'd think it would be from Shito Ryu. I'll verify that though.

Jeff

 

[SFC JeffJ]

Also, could you tell the the difference between the two?

Thanks,

Jeff

 

[donna]

Sanchin and Tensho

 

[kingkong89]

super-inpe and gojishiho-dai

 

[twendkata71]

The stances are shorter. The take down move in the Shorin ryu version is different. The last three double punches are done in neko ashi dachi.

Also, could you tell the the difference between the two?

Thanks,

Jeff

 

[shotokan-kez]

My fave kata....well....erm Kanku-dai, Bassai-sho and Jion. For the lower rank kata's i think Heian Yondan and Heian Neidan

 

[kachi]

Easy... Seienchin, because it's such a well developed kata and only recently have I discovered how many techniques that kata contains and i'm still discovering.

 

[twendkata71]

Seyunchin was my favorite kata for many years. Now it is Suparempei. Out of the Shotokan kata Sochin is my favorite.

 

[kachi]

twend - Did I spell it wrong or can it be spelt differently? Thanks

 

[twendkata71]

Seyunchin, Seienchin,seiyunchin. I have seen it spelled several different ways. That is the problem when we adopt a word to english. The Okinawan schools spell it Seyunchin, the Japanese schools usually spell it Seienchin. And I can't post the actual Kanji for the kata, so we will have to guess.

 

[kachi]

Hmmm... Oh well thanks for that