SHOTOKAN KARATE KATA (Vol. 1) 🥋⛩

****SHOTOKAN KATA PLAYLIST**** ~ My Instagram: ~ Hi guys, my name is Jason Leung. I am classically trained in Shotokan Karate Do in the USA. I hold the rank of 4th Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate. In this video I present to you guys “The Classic Kata“ of Shotokan Karate. The karate kata or karate forms included here, are part of kata series currently in progress, in which I will be filming the various other Shotokan Style Kata. Kata performed in this video in order: ~ CHAPTERS 00:00 Taikyoku Shodan 01:04 Heian Shodan 02:03 Heian Nidan 03:05 Heian Sandan 04:05 Heian Yondan 05:27 Heian Godan 06:36 Enpi 08:30 Jion 10:29 Bassai Dai 12:33 Kanku Dai ~ In my humble opinion the purpose of kata, may have been originally for self defense, but the way many schools teach it now, and specifically the way I was taught was never in this