in Wado-Ryū (called Seishan). Isshin-ryū also adopted this kata. Korean Tang Soo Do adopted it, and it is called either by its original name Sei-Shan or...

salute") is a kata peculiar to Chitō-ryū. There is some dispute as to the origin of this kata in the Chitō-ryū syllabus, some sources claim the kata comes from...

the Tiger, the Dragon, and the Crane. There are eight empty-hand katas in Uechi-Ryū. Only Sanchin, Seisan, and Sanseiryū come from Pangai-noon; the others...

(primarily Tenjin Shinyo-ryu jujutsu and Kitō-ryū jujutsu) due to an emphasis on "randori" (乱取り, lit. 'free sparring') instead of kata (形, kata, pre-arranged forms)...

kata, including one two-sword kata are found in Shintō Musō-ryū. Neither the twelve kata nor the art itself had any known name in the Shintō Musō-ryū...

One exception may be the kata "Yantsu" which possibly originates with Motobu-ha Shito-ryu. There is also Ura Kata - Several kata are also done in "ura"...

Hassei-hō or more commonly Sei-hō. These series were responsible for making understood the essential points of forms (kata) that had been transmitted...

truth'. The second is sei (制) and translates to 'control', 'system', 'law' or 'rule' but also 'creating a form.' The last is ryū (流, ryū) which simply means...

Mabuni chose Shito-ryu, the first characters of the names Itosu and Higaonna, his two primary teachers. Funakoshi Gichin learned kata from Kenwa Mabuni:...

of Japanese combat known as gyokushin-ryū jujutsu and Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū. The name of the art yō-sei-kan is derived from three Japanese characters...