• The Taikyoku series is a series of kata in use in several types of karate. The name Taikyoku (太極) refers to the Chinese philosophical concept of Taiji...
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    Shotokan (松涛館, Shōtōkan) is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi...
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    Wadō-ryū (redirect from Wado-Ryu Kata)
    the kata in Shōtōkan with the meaning of symbol (Japanese 形). This means that the practitioner should not always aim for the same form of a kata, but...
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  • Kyokushin (section Kata)
    of karate, and are drawn from Shotokan karate which Oyama learned while training under Gichin Funakoshi. The southern kata stems from the Naha-te tradition...
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    Kata (Japanese: 形, or more traditionally, 型; lit. "form") is a Japanese word describing detailed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in pairs...
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  • and the number and names of kata forms. The four major karate styles developed in Japan, especially in Okinawa are Shotokan, Wado-ryu, Shito-ryu, and Goju-ryu;...
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  • Pinan (category Karate kata)
    Godan Pinan Shodan[citation needed] Karate kata Kata Taikyoku - The simplified versions of the pinan/heian kata. Schmeisser, Elmar T. (2004). Channan: Heart...
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    Embusen (category Karate kata)
    line for the Shōtōkan Tekki series of kata. It follows the form of a capital letter I for the Heian series of kata, as well as for the Taikyoku series. More...
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  • Shuri-ryū (section Kata)
    Shuri-ryū has three form exercises called Taikyoku Ichi, Ni, and San to prepare the student to learn the 15 core forms (kata): Wansu Anaku Naihanchi Shō (Tekki...
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  • Shūdōkan (section Kata)
    Kyoku series: Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan, Godan, Rokudan, Shichidan Taikyoku series: Shodan, Nidan, Sandan Empi Iwa Empi Taki Penpei Penpo Shimpatan...
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  • Hyeong (category Kata)
    Taeguek hyung are a series of three forms that correspond to the Shotokan Taikyoku kata. They were created by Yoshitaka “Gigō” Funakoshi Sensei, the son...
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  • the Gōjū system the Taikyoku kata forms, - training methods for the beginner students to prepare them for the more advanced kata. It has been argued that...
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    McDermott; Ferol Arce (February 2004). Karate's Supreme Ultimate: The Taikyoku Kata in Five Rings. p. 32. ISBN 9780595307470. Retrieved 2016-09-17. Edmond...
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  • Traditional Korean Tang Soo Do includes three basic forms based on the Taikyoku forms of Shotokan and known as Giecho Hyung in Korean. The first form (Il Bu) still...
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    techniques of what is commonly known as Tang Soo Do combine elements of Shōtōkan, Subak, Taekkyon, and Kung Fu. Tang Soo Do is half Chinese karate, having...
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