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Heian Yondan - Shotokan Karate

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The most popular image associated with kata is that of a karate practitioner performing a series of punches and kicks in the air. The kata are executed as a specified series of approximately 20 to 70 moves, generally with stepping and turning, while attempting to maintain perfect form. There are perhaps 100 kata across the various forms of karate, each with many minor variations. The number of moves in a kata may be referred to in the name of the kata, eg. Gojushiho, which means "54 steps." The number of moves may also have links with Buddhist spirituality. The number 108 is significant in Buddhism, and kata with 54, 36, or 27 moves (divisors of 108) are common. The practitioner is generally counselled to visualize the enemy attacks, and his or her responses, as actually occurring, and karateka are often told to "read" a kata, to explain the imagined events.

In teaching the open handed kata, most styles of Karate start with a series of three, or sometimes two, very simple kata called blocking forms before advancing to five basic kata named Pinan in some systems and Heian in others. By working through this series (in order: Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan, Godan (except in Wado Ryu Karate, where Shodan and Nidan are reversed)) the practitioner learns all the basic stances and techniques before moving on to more advanced kata. Traditionally, kata are taught in stages. Previously learned kata are returned to in order to show more advanced techniques or ways of doing things, as beginners do not have the same knowledge and experience that practitioners further up the ranks have. It is not uncommon in some styles for students testing for Shodan (first rank black belt) to have to repeat every kata they have learned from the first belt, but at a "black belt" level, for example, with better technique, power, amongst others. This system is often used for the lower grades as well. The student will perform one new kata and one or two previous ones, to demonstrate how much they have progressed and how quickly they can learn new things.

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Heian Yondan - Shotokan Karate

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  • i passed my yellow ...

    i passed my yellow belt today

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  • Kanazawa is a ...

    Kanazawa is a badass if only for being able to return to the staring point of the embusen in heian yondan. Of course he's a badass anyway, as anyone who read "Moving Zen" knows...

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  • HISTORICALLY THERE ...

    HISTORICALLY THERE WERE ONLY 2 BELTS : WHITE AND BLACK. ORIGINALLY BLACK WAS A WHITE BELT THAT GOT DARKER OVER TIME DUE TO BLOOD STAINS -- THAT IS TRAINING AT IT'S CORE -- THIS IS A MARTIAL ART i.e THESE MOVES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN THE KARATEKA COMES FULL CIRCLE AND UNDERSTANDS BUNKAI (APPLICATION) SADLY, VERY FEW TRAIN THAT LONG-- IF YOU ARE NEW AT KARATE, DONT GET TOO CONFIDENT IN YOUR ABILITY TO DEFEND YOURSELF, YOU TRULY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND APPLICATION AND PRINCIPLES OF THE STYLE -OSS!

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  • it depends on your ...

    it depends on your karate style, it usually starts with white and then orange, and then some go into green, some others into orange, and from that it all goes crazy, some is blue, some is orange, some is orange black stripe, some is advanced yellow, and so on

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  • This is my kata. I ...

    This is my kata. I am testing tonight. Go gyu (blue belt). Hopefully I am competent enough not to need luck but wish me luck anyways!

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  • Man this kata is ...

    Man this kata is hard to remember.

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  • This kata is called ...

    This kata is called "safe passage 4th part" interesting name. In chinese it's pronounced "pingan si duan".

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  • AHH im confused ...

    AHH im confused about belt colours and everything.Can anyone tell me the arrangement?

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  • Kyu ranks are fine ...

    Kyu ranks are fine (I'm a 6th kyu), but this video does say shotokan in which case this means that I'm a green belt learning this for my purple belt. I think most people discussing this are going to be shotokan. If not then they will say.

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  • I PASSED! I GOT MY ...

    I PASSED! I GOT MY PURPLE

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  • Congradulations! ...

    Congradulations! How long have you been training for? I've been training for almost 10 years now.

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  • Im grading for my ...

    Im grading for my purple on Sunday :)

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  • This is the kata ...

    This is the kata I'm currently learning at my green belt / 6th kyu. 'Cept mine is complete rubbish compared to this guy :D

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  • im a brown belt ( ...

    im a brown belt (3rd kyu) im just goin to a big karate comp so im watching all your videos hundreds of times :D

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  • People should stop ...

    People should stop mentioning COLOURS as all schools are different. You guys should get into the habbit of using kyu rankings. So this one is about the gokyu ranking. Which is close to your 4-5 belt.

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