Kata (form) – Martial Arts Videos

Applying Wing Tsun Su Lum Tao: Part 1
The Su Lum Tao (Siu Lim Tao) method of Wing Tsun is very powerful for attacking and countering an opponent. Learn more about Su Lum Tao and Kung Fu from a professional martial artist in this free video. Expert: Todd Shawn... more »
Applying Wing Tsun Su Lum Tao: Part 2
The Su Lum Tao (Siu Lim Tao) method of Wing Tsun is very powerful for attacking and countering an opponent. Learn more about Su Lum Tao and Kung Fu from a professional martial artist in this free video. Expert: Todd Shawn... more »
Baguazhang
Baguazhang is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school, the other two being Taijiquan and Xingyiquan. It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice (or nèijiā gong). Bāguà zhǎng literally means “eight trigram palm,” referring to the trigrams of the Yijing (I Ching), one of the canons of... more »
Baji chuan
Baji chuan (eight extremes fist/boxing) is a Chinese martial art that features explosive, short-range power and is famous for its elbow strikes. It originated in Hebei Province in Northern China, but is also well-known in other places today, especially Taiwan. Its full name is kai men baji quan, which means “open-gate eight-extremities... more »
Bassai dai (kata)
Bassai Dai literally means “to extract and block off” but this is taken to mean “to storm (penatrate) a fortress”s. Bassai dai is one of the variations of the Passai Kata that is practiced in Shotokan Karate, normally starting at 3rd Kyu. Shotokan houses two Bassai Kata, Dai and Sho. Dai means greater while... more »
Bassai dai bunkai
Bunkai (kata application) is usually performed with a partner or a group of partners which execute predefined attacks, and the student performing the kata responds with defenses, counterattacks, or other actions, based on a part of the kata. This allows the student in the middle to understand what the movements in kata are meant... more »
Bassai dai Kyokushin (kata)
Bassai dai is a very old Okinawian kata of unknown origin, the name Bassai or Passai translates to “to storm a castle” It was originally removed from the kyokushin syllabus in the late 50ies, but was reintroduced into some kyokushin factions after Masutatsu Oyama‘s death and the resulting fractioning of the... more »
Bassai dai Shito Ryu (kata)
Bassai Dai is a Karate Kata (form) that literally means “to extract and block off” but this is taken to mean “to storm (penatrate) a fortress”s. Bassai dai is one of the variations of the Passai Kata that is practiced in many Karate styles including Shito Ryu, Shotokan and... more »
Bassai sho (kata)
There are at least 11 versions of the Bassai: Oyadomari, Tomari, Koryu & Matsumura among them. Bassai-Sho may be one of the other Bassai kata adopted by Shotokan and given the name Bassai-Sho. These Bassai Kata may be descended from Chinese forms known as Ba Ji Ch’uan. There are 2 forms: Ba Ji Da... more »
Bassai sho bunkai
Bunkai (kata application) is usually performed with a partner or a group of partners which execute predefined attacks, and the student performing the kata responds with defenses, counterattacks, or other actions, based on a part of the kata. This allows the student in the middle to understand what the movements in kata are meant... more »
Bassai sho Shito Ryu (kata)
Bassai sho is a kata studied in many Karate styles and it belongs to the Bassai/Passai famly with Bassai Dai. There are many differing versions of Bassai in the various ryu, but we are fairly confident in ascribing Bassai-Sho to Master Itosu. The feel of this Kata is less obviously powerful than Bassai-Dai, being... more »
Bassai Wado Ryu (kata)
Bassai, also known as “Passai” is a Tomari-te kata that uses dynamic stances and hip rotation. It’s a very old Okinawian kata of unknown origin, the name Bassai translates to “to storm a castle”. Funakoshi renamed this kata as Bassai... more »
Biu Tze (form)
The third form of Wing Chun Kung Fu, Biu Jee, is composed of extreme short-range and extreme long-range techniques, low kicks and sweeps, and “emergency techniques” to counter-attack when structure and centerline have been seriously compromised, such as when the practitioner is seriously injured. As well as pivoting and stepping, developed in Chum Kiu,... more »
Bo kata 1
The bo is a six-foot long staff, sometimes tapered at either end. It was perhaps developed from a farming tool called a tenbin: a stick placed across the shoulders with baskets or sacks hanging from either end. The bo was also possibly used as the handle to a rake or a shovel. The bo,... more »
Bo kata 1 analysis (bunkai)
The bo is a six-foot long staff, sometimes tapered at either end. It was perhaps developed from a farming tool called a tenbin: a stick placed across the shoulders with baskets or sacks hanging from either end. The bo was also possibly used as the handle to a rake or a shovel. The bo,... more »
Bo kata 2
The bo is a six-foot long staff, sometimes tapered at either end. It was perhaps developed from a farming tool called a tenbin: a stick placed across the shoulders with baskets or sacks hanging from either end. The bo was also possibly used as the handle to a rake or a shovel. The bo,... more »
Bo kata 3
The bo is a six-foot long staff, sometimes tapered at either end. It was perhaps developed from a farming tool called a tenbin: a stick placed across the shoulders with baskets or sacks hanging from either end. The bo was also possibly used as the handle to a rake or a shovel. The bo,... more »

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