RED SUN SHOTOKAN KARATE - GRADES & KATA (Members of the British Karate Association)

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Kata is a form of exercise in the Japanese martial art of Karate-Do. The performance of a sequence of complex Karate techniques in a precise and regulated manner is in order to repulse the imaginary attacks of multiple assailants. They are a method of teaching self defence through the use of Karate but also a way of exercising and developing the body.

The style of Shotokan Karate has some of the most dynamic and powerful Kata in Karate-Do. These Kata are regularly performed at competition plus students must perform them on gradings. The higher the grading, the more complexed the Kata.

Grading is one of the many challenges that a Karate student may face. It is also a means of measuring students' personal ability. Below is a list of the Shotokan grades from Novice to Black belt along with the Kata that the student is required to know when entering that particular examination.

10th Kyu / White Belt - N/A.

9th Kyu / Orange Belt - Kihon Kata

8th Kyu / Red Belt - Heian Shodan

7th Kyu / Yellow Belt - Heian Nidan

6th Kyu / Green Belt - Heian Sandan

5th Kyu / Purple Belt - Heian Yondan

4th Kyu / Purple/White Belt - Heian Godan

3rd Kyu / Brown Belt - Tekki Shodan

2nd Kyu / Brown/White Belt - Bassai Dai

1st Kyu / Brown & 2 White Belt - Kanku Dai

1st Dan / Black Belt - Enpi & Jion

2nd Dan / Black Belt - Meikyo & Hangetsu

3rd Dan / Black Belt - Bassai Sho, Kanku Sho & Jitte

4th Dan / Black Belt - Niju Shiho, Gojo Shiho Dai & Jiin

W.K.F. Major Kata List for Shotokan with the Shitei Kata (Compulsory) highlighted in red.

1. Bassai-Dai	12. Jion
2. Bassai-Sho	13. Sochin
3. Kanku-Dai	14. Nijushiho
4. Kanku-Sho	15. Goju Shiho-Dai
5. Tekki - Shodan	16. Goju Shiho-Sho
6. Tekki - Nidan	17. Chinte
7. Tekki - Sandan	18. Unsu
8. Hangetsu	19. Meikyo
9. Jitte	20. Wankan
10. Enpi	21. Jiin
11. Gankaku

�RED SUN SHOTOKAN KARATE, 2011.