KATA NAMES

KATA NAMES.
TAIKYO KYU - First Cause

HIDAN SHODAN -
HIDAN NIDAN -
HIDAN SANDAN - Peaceful Mind
HIDAN YONDAN -
HIDAN GODAN -

From Heian Ante meaning peace and calmness, taken from the city of Heian

TEKKI SHODAN -
TEKKI NIDAN - Horse Riding
TEKKI SANDAN -

BASSAI DAI - To penetrate a
BASSAI SHO - fortress

KANKU DAI - Viewing the
KANKU SHO - Sky

HUNGEStsU - Half Moon

EMPI - Flying Swallow

GANKAKU - Crane on a Rock

JITTE - Ten Hands

JION - From the temple of Jion

JI IN - Temple grounds

chINTE - Strange Hands

MEIKYO - Polished Mirror

NIJUSHIHO - Twenty Four Steps

SOchIN - Immovable in the face of danger

WANKAN - A proper name

UNSU - Hands in the cloud

GOJUSHIHO SHO - Fifty Four Steps

GOJUSHIHO DAI - Fifty Four Steps