Hello People. Here is the News about Katas.

What is a kata? A kata is a form. It's like a dance, but it's used for fighting. The steps of the kata usually includes blocks and punches.

Kata roughly means Shape Cut Earth, e.g.-- cutting a groove in the ground.

The Taikyoku Katas are Northern Katas. They come from the Shotokan branch of Karate and they come into Kyokushin Karate via Mas Oyama's studies with Gichin Funakoshi.

You can watch an excellent demonstration of the first of the Northern Katas (Taikyoku Sono Ichi) on YouTube at Ichi.

Taikyoku means "Grand Ultimate" (and in Chinese it's pronounced Tai Chi).

This is the "beginner's mind" or "open mind" kata. Taikyoku katas are also known as the "first cause"-- "overview" -- and "large view" katas.

Taikyoku Sono Ichi, Ni, and San (One, Two, and Three), all have the same number of steps (eighteen) in an "I" shape.