Kata meanings
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| Shiho No Kata | Four Way or Directions |
| Kihon Ichi No Kata | First Basic |
| Kihon Ni No Kata | Second Basic |
| Kihon San No Kata | Third Basic |
| Kihon Yon No Kata | Fourth Basic |
| Ten No Kata | Kata of the Heavens |
| Chi No Kata | Kata of the Earth |
| Shensei | Pure Heart |
| Heian Sho Dan | Peaceful Mind #1 |
| Heian Ni Dan | Peaceful Mind #2 |
| Heian San Dan | Peaceful Mind #3 |
| Heian Yon Dan | Peaceful Mind #4 |
| Heian Go Dan | Peaceful Mind #5 |
| Jurroku | 16 Hands |
| Jutte No Kata | Ten Hands |
| Jin No Kata | Temple Ground |
| Matsukazi No Kata | Wind Through Pines |
| Jion No Kata | Temple Bell or Sound |
| Rohai No Kata | Flight of the Heron |
| Bassai Dai No Kata | To Penetrate a Fortress |
| Ananku No Kata | Light from South |
| Bassai | Breech a fortress |
| Chinto No Kata | Fighting to the East |
| Empi | The flight of the sparrow |
| Gojoshiho | 54 steps, the phonix |
| Kururunfa | 17 hands, holding your ground |
| Koshokun | Name of Chinese official of Ming Dynasty |
| Niseishi | 24 steps |
| Nipaipo | 28 steps |
| Saifa | The final breaking point |
| Sanchin | 3 battles |
| Sanseiru | 36 hands |
| Seienchin No Kata | Storm Within the Clouds |
| Seipai | From Nahate style, 18 |
| Seisan | 13 hands |
| Shisochin | Fighting 4 monks |
| Shiho Kosokun | 4 directions |
| Tensho | Elegant hands |
| Tomari Bassai No Kata | Thunder in a Fortress |
| Unsu/Unshu | Cloud hands |
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