This page examines Shito-Ryu Karate kata. It provides videos and/or written instructions for the color belt and black belt katas used in Shito-Ryu Karate (i.e. Pinan Shodan, Naifanchin Shodan, Juroku, etc.). However, if you have any questions about a particular Shito-Ryu kata movement, please check with your instructor. Shito-Ryu is famous for having the most katas of the major styles of Karate.
After the death of Kenwa Mabuni (the founder of Shito-Ryu) in 1958, Shito-Ryu fragmented into differing associations and school systems. This has led to different organizations using different katas and having the kata in different orders. Check with your instructors to find out what Shito-Ryu kata are taught at your school. Therefore, if you are looking for International Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu katas, please visit the Black Belt Wiki’s International Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu Kata section. For the kata of other Karate styles (i.e. Shotokan katas), please visit Black Belt Wiki’s main Katas & Forms section.
List of Shito-Ryu Karate Katas
- Kihon Kata – USANKF/Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu – These are introductory kata used to train beginners before they start on the more formal katas such as the Pinan series.
Itosu Lineage
- Pinan (Shodan – Godan)
- Naifanchin (Shodan – Sandan) or Naihanchi
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Naifanchin Shodan or Naihanchi Shodan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Naifanchin Nidan or Naihanchi Nidan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Naifanchin Sandan or Naihanchi Sandan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Juroku (Shito Lineage)
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Matsukaze (Shito Lineage)
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Jitte
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Jion
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Jiin
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Rohai or Matsumura No Rohai
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Bassai Dai
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Bassai Sho
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kosokun Dai
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kosokun Sho
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Shiho Kosokun
- Chinte
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Chinto
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Wanshu
- Kenshu (Shito Lineage)
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Myojo (Shito Lineage)
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Aoyagi (Shito Lineage)
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Gojushiho
- Kenpaku
Higaonna Lineage
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Sanchin
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Shinsei (Shito Lineage)
- Kensho
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Tensho
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Sochin
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Shisochin
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Seienchin
- Happo Sho
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Shinpa
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Saifa
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kururunfa
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Seisan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Seipai
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Niseishi
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Sanseiru
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Unshu
- Ippyakureihachi
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Nipaipo
List of Shito-Ryu Karate Katas
Alphabetical order (not belt order)
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Aoyagi
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Bassai Dai
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Bassai Sho
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Chinto
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Gojushiho
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Jiin
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Jion
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Jitte
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Juroku
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kihon Kata Ichi – USANKF/Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kihon Kata Ni – USANKF/Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kihon Kata San – USANKF/Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kihon Kata Yon – USANKF/Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kihon Kata Go – USANKF/Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kosokun Dai
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kosokun Sho
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Kururunfa
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Matsukaze
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Myojo
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Naifanchin Shodan or Naihanchi Shodan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Naifanchin Nidan or Naihanchi Nidan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Naifanchin Sandan or Naihanchi Sandan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Nipaipo
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Niseishi
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Pinan Shodan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Pinan Nidan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Pinan Sandan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Pinan Yondan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Pinan Godan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Rohai or Matsumura No Rohai
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Saifa
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Sanchin
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Sanseiru
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Seienchin
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Seipai
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Seisan
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Shiho Kosokun
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Shinpa
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Shinsei
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Shisochin
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Sochin
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Tensho
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Unshu
- Shito-Ryu Kata – Wanshu
Kenwa Mabuni (Founder) – Shito-Ryu Karate
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References
- Shito-Ryu International Karate Do Kai, Shito-Ryu Kata, http://www.seitoshitoryu.com/kata.php