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Seidokan Shorin Ryu Kata System

 


Toma Sensei performing our highest level kata ... Kusanku.  The year is 1993 at the Uchinanchu Festival Ginowan Convention Center Okinawa Japan.

 



Following are the traditional kata in the order Sensei Toma has taught them in Okinawa, Japan until a reordering in 2001.  Reference RyukokuSeidokan.com for the new order being taught at the honbu currently.

Seisan                    

 Kukyu/9th Kyu White Belt

Sanchin KuKyu/9th Kyu White Belt

Anaku

 Hachikyu/8th Kyu White Belt

Wansu

 Nanakyu/7th Kyu White Belt

Pasaai

 Rokukyu/6th Kyu Green Belt

Pinan Shodan

 Rokukyu/6th Kyu Green Belt

Pinan Nidan

 Gokyu/5th Kyu Green Belt

Pinan Sandan

 Yonkyu/4th Kyu Green Belt

Pinan Yondan

 Sankyu/3st Kyu  Brown Belt

Pinan Godan

 Nikyu/2st Kyu Brown Belt

Naihanchi

 Ikkyu/1st Kyu Brown Belt

Passai Sho

 Ikkyu/1st Kyu Brown Belt 

Gojushiho Shodan/1st Degree Black Belt
 Chinto Nidan/2nd Degree Black Belt
Kusanku

 Yondon/4th Degree Black Belt


The video below is a typical Friday Night at the Toma Dojo as we perform one kata after another. 
 


In the following sub-page dedicated specifically to each kata contain videos from the various leading teachers and dojos of Seidokan Karate.  It is not intended for the beginning student to learn the kata from these videos ... but for the accomplished Seidokan Practitioner to compare the various teachers in our system and develop a deeper understanding of what makes up the core and heart of each kata in our martial way.  Isshin.
 
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