Hard to learn from a book. Best to learn from your Sensei. Practice at home with online video help. Be aware that all kata have variations so you should make sure you are doing it in the right way for club syllabus. The following kata are a guide only! You should also aim to understand bunkai (interpretation) which is the bedrock of Kata. Enjoy - and train hard. OSS!

Below are the main syllabus Kata as performed by Hirokazu Kanazawa (Kancho) 10th Dan Shotokan Karate Federation (SKF)

Heian Shodan

Heian Nidan

Heian Sandan

Heian Yondan

Heian Godan

Tekki Shodan

Bassai Dai

Taikyoku Shodan - as performed by some of our Deeping Juniors (Tuesday)

We recently went to the Excel Center in London to visit Seni 2008 the combat sports show, whilst we were there I video'd some of the team Kata competition, the eventual winners are in the video immediately below.