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2 unusual facts about kata


KATA

KATA-CD, a low-power television station (channel 50) licensed to serve Mesquite, Texas, United States

Kati language

Kata-vari dialect, spoken by the Kata in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan


Bo Kata

Bo Kata is a 2007 documentary film produced, directed, edited and shot Shehzad Afzal.

Bunkai

It has been claimed by Martial Arts historian, Nathan Johnson, that the few original antique kata found in Karate were actually intended for weapons combat or (in one example) for Grappling, as opposed to ballistic strikes.

Frank Woon-a-tai

Woon-A-Tai first gained international prominence when he won the Pan American kata championship in 1978.

Ichikawa

Ichikawa Gakuen (Ichikawa Junior and Senior High School) is a large private boys and girls school in Moto-kita-kata, Ichikawa, Chiba

Karachi cuisine

Special dishes include biryani, qorma, kofta, seekh kabab, Nihari and Haleem, Nargisi Koftay, Kata-Kat, Rogani Naan, Naan, sheer-qurma (sweet), qourma, chai (sweet, milky tea), paan and Hyderabadi cuisine, and other delicacies associated with Muhajir culture.

Ryū Ryū Ko

The kata Sanchin, taught in Gōjū-ryū and most other styles of Karate, was originally taught by Ryū Ryū Ko.

Sadakazu Uyenishi

Notable individuals who were directly influenced by Sadakazu Uyenishi's teaching included William Garrud, whose book "the Complete Jujitsuan" (published in 1914) became a standard reference work on the subject; Edith Garrud, who went on to establish jujitsu classes for members of the militant Suffragist movement; and Mrs. Emily Watts, whose 1906 book The Fine Art of Jujitsu was the first English work to record Kodokan judo kata.

Wadō-ryū

In addition to the three paired kata above, there are also Gyakunage Kata (kata of throwing), Joshi Goshinjutsu (kata of women's self-defense), Kodokan Goshin Jutsu & some others, but they are not commonly taught.


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