British Wadokai Shiai Kata

SHIAI-KATA

Shiai-kata within British Wadokai are purely for the competition circuit and/or for personal interest & learning, etc.

SHINSEI KATA – 新生形

‘Pure heart’, ‘new beginning’. A Kata developed by Mabuni-Kenwa and practised within numerous schools of Karate.

JUROKU-NO KATA – 十六之形

‘Sixteen’. Refers to the ‘Inner Transmission 16 Form’. Also translates as 16-points. A Kata, developed by Karate master Mabuni-Kenwa.

SEI-EN-CHIN KATA – 制引戦形

‘Calm within the storm’, ‘storm within the calm’, or ‘calm without a storm’. Other translations include ‘control’, ‘suppress’, ‘war form’, and more commonly, ‘pull/pulling’, ‘rip & tear’. An Okinawan Kata, with roots from
the Chinese Hsing-i system, developed by Higaonna-Kanryo and practised within numerous Karate schools. Seienchin uses techniques to grasp, tear, unbalance, sweep, and takedown, etc.

SEISAN – 十三形

‘Thirteen’. A Kata developed by Karate master Matsumura-Soken. Depending on the written Kanji, Seisan can be translated into numerous interpretations. However, the translation of ‘thirteen’ is the more popular.


Shiai kata – demonstration video