Katas

What are katas?

A Kata is an organised kihon, a definite serie of moves and stances. One could say it's a fictionnal combat. There are many different katas, each having their differences and emphasis on different techniques that you learn in kyokushin. All of them we're created by martial art masters, like Mas Oyama, and many we're created by Chojun Miyagi (Goju-Ryu Karate founder) and Gishin Funakoshi (Shotokan Karate founder).

The katas practiced in kyokushin comes mainly from two different origins :

• Goju-Ryu Karate
  
• Shotokan Karate