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KATA NAMES.

TAIKYO KYU - First Cause

HEIAN SHODAN -Peaceful Mind First Level
HEIAN NIDAN -Peaceful Mind Second Level
HEIAN SANDAN -Peaceful Mind Third Level
HEIAN YONDAN -Peaceful Mind Fourth Level
HEIAN GODAN -Peaceful Mind Fifth Level

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


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TEKKI SHODAN -Horse Riding First Level
TEKKI NIDAN -Horse Riding Second Level
TEKKI SANDAN -Horse Riding Third Level

BASSAI DAI -To penetrate a fortress Major*
BASSAI SHO -To penetrate a fortress Minor*

KANKU DAI -Viewing the Sky Major*
KANKU SHO -Viewing the Sky Minor*

HANGESTSU -Half Moon**

EMPI -Flying Swallow

GANKAKU -Crane on a Rock

JITTE -Ten Hands(sometimes spelt JUTTE)

JI-ON -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, King's Crown.

UNSU -Hands in the cloud

GOJUSHIHO SHO -Fifty Four Steps Minor*

GOJUSHIHO DAI -Fifty Four Steps Major*

* Different associations have Sho and Dai reversed. ** You may also see this as Hungestsu.
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