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Shodan Kata?


Mon 05:30 PST. Posted by staff@riposte.org.

I am often surprised by how many kata a shodan (1st degree black belt) will know in different Karate systems, including my own. When I ask a shodan how many kata he knows, the answer will often be, "all of them." This is often said with the connotation of, "why all of them, of course." Like why would I even ask? Should a shodan know all the kata of a system or ryuha of Karate? I know that this is up to the Sense.

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