iKata Karate

Reference: A reference of the essential basic traditional Katas in Karate (Shotokan).
Education: To help for preparing Karate grades examination for the Shotokan style.


For a fraction of the price of a Kata book or DVD, you can have in hand all Katas required for examinations from the white belt to the black belt (1st Dan), as well as the two Shotokan Shiteï Kata required for competitors. The complete Kata list included in the beginner version is shown below. If you look for more Katas, please check for the Pro version in the iTunes store.

What is iKATA KARATE project?
iKata Karate, Beginner & Pro versions, are educational tools aimed to help Karate students, professors, coaches, or judges and referees, to remind more easily a specific pattern in a comprehensive manner, while offering a significant resource and overview about the style Shotokan on a mobile support. You can bring and use iKata everywhere and without any connection required (i.e. in a dojo or on a trip).

A collection of detailed animations exclusively focused on the ESSENTIAL points :
The major advantage of the iKata resources is to faster improve the memorization effort and mental process involved for learning a Kata than any other individual method (i.e. videos, books, drawings), whatever the grade and/or level of expertise. With the associated tools, the learning effort will be more efficient to help any karateka intuitively remember the form of a Kata.


In the Beginner version, the following official Shotokan Katas are included :

1. TAIKYOKU SHODAN: preparatory Kata for beginners (and white belts).
2. HEIAN SHODAN: Kata officially required to pass the yellow belt, 8th grade/kyu.
3. HEIAN NIDAN: Kata officially required to pass the orange belt, 7th grade/kyu.
4. HEIAN SANDAN: Kata officially required to pass the green belt, 6th grade/kyu.
5. HEIAN YODAN: Kata officially required to pass the blue belt, 5th grade/kyu.
6. HEIAN GODAN: Kata officially required to pass the blue belt, 4th grade/kyu.
7. TEKKI SHODAN: Kata officially required to pass the brown belt, 3th grade/kyu.
8. BASSAI DAI: Kata officially required to pass the brown belt, 2th grade/kyu.
9. JION*: Kata officially required to pass the brown belt, 1th grade/kyu.
10. KANKU DAI*: Kata officially required to pass the black belt, 1st Dan.

(*) Shitei Kata according to the WKF and as well as other major karate organizations.

Please have a look to the professional version for the complete list of Kata.



About the pedagogy: The author is PhD in Sports Sciences specialized in High-Performance Sports Coaching with a solid knowledge of international Kata competitions and in addition to a personal interest on traditional Japanese Budôs.

更新履歴
iKata Karate 2.1 (BEGINNER VERSION)

Upgraded to iOS 4.3 environment.

Technical revisions / accurate technical adaptation:
- Revision of the kata «BASSAI DAI» (technical illustration presented at t = 4:48).
- Revision of the kata «JION» (same as released on version 2.0).


Please note that the PRO version of iKata Karate is now fully compatible with iPad / iPad 2 including many new additional features and tools used for education.

Info on our App price policy: iKata Karate series (BASIC, BEGINNER and PRO versions) as well as other sport publications accepted by WHI sport education are determined as follow: ~€1.0 (or ~$1.5) per illustration/form (i.e. one Kata). This price policy is very competitive as compared to any other illustrated tools (numeric or printed) of quality that are aimed to serve instructors or can be used as a reference in sport education. Unfortunately publications covering minor sports disciplines remain marginal niche markets with very limited returns and the costs are by far not compensating for the real time needed by accredited sport professionals or experienced coaches as reviewers to work on the development of comprehensive and accurate illustrations regarding sport technical content. Therefore we would like to take this opportunity to warmly thank all of you for your really kind words and very positive support received since the first day of launch of our apps series tailored on the sport of Karate.

Your valuable inputs help us make that our handy technical publications continue to remain trustful and comprehensive professional references for instructors in sport education.