Many other shotokan dojo have added Taikyoku shodan to the JKA list, which gives us the 27 kata below. If you practice other shotokan or non shotokan kata, please let us know.

Even today, many thousands of Shotokan Dojo practice these 26 Kata only (leaving out 1. Taikyoku Shodan or Kihon Kata) .

While participating in various competitions around the world I teach karate exercises for beginners that are good for karate, diet and core.

Learn cool KATA. Japan Shotokai's kata syllabus is the same as established in "Karate-do Kyohan" added Gigo Funakoshi's staff kata Matsukaze No Kon. Dai Nihon Karate-do Shotokai is the official representative of Shotokan karate.

1. (video posted for educational purposes) Here Are The 27 Shotokan Kata. In this channel, the charm of karate, exercises using karate We will also send out various things related to karate such as challenge planning!
When the JKA was formed, Nakayama laid down 27 kata as the kata … The most important Kihon techniques, the various way of performing techniques and basic Katas as well as 4 shitoryu mandatory katas are described in detail.

Starting with history of Shitoryu Karate with some rare photos of Master Kenwa mabuni as well as Kenei Mabuni Sensei and Manzo Iwata Sensei.