Ryukyu Shorinji – Ryu Karatejutsu
Kata Requirements
| Mukyu |
No rank |
White Belt |
| Jukyu |
10th Kyu |
White Belt – Kihon |
| Kukyu |
9th Kyu |
White Belt – Pinan Shodan |
| Hachikyu |
8th Kyu |
White Belt – Pinan Nidan |
| Shichikyu |
7th Kyu |
White Belt – Naifanchi Shodan |
| Rokkyu |
6th Kyu |
Green Belt – Yansu |
| Gokyu |
5th Kyu |
Green Belt – Ji-in |
| Yonkyu |
4th Kyu |
Green Belt – Pinan Sandan & Seisan |
| Sankyu |
3rd Kyu |
Brown Belt – Denai Seisan &
Naifanchi Nidan |
| Nikyu |
2nd Kyu |
Brown Belt – Naihanchi Shuriken
& Pinan Yondan |
| Ikkyu |
1st Kyu |
Brown Belt – Naifanchi Sandan
& Pinan Godan |
| Shodan |
1st Dan |
Black Belt – Sanchin & Chinto |
| Nidan |
2nd Dan |
Black Belt – Wansu & Tomari Passai |
| Sandan |
3rd Dan |
Black Belt – Wandkuan & Useihi
(Gojushiho) |
| Yondan |
4th Dan |
Black Belt – Wanduan & Matsamura
Passai |
| Godan |
5th Dan |
Black Belt – Rohai & Anako |
| Rokudan |
6th Dan |
Red & White Belt – Kusanku |
| Nandan |
7th Dan |
Red & White Belt – Kumemura
Hakutsuru |
| Hachidan |
8th Dan |
Red Belt |
| Kudan |
9th Dan |
Red Belt |
| Judan |
10th Dan |
Red Belt |
(Okinawa
Small Forest
Temple) Katas
Ryukyu Shorinji Ryu Katas
(5)
Pinan (Heian) 1.
Peaceful Mind. 2. Tranquility.
(3)
Naifanchi (Tekki)
1. Sideways Fighting. 2.
Surreptitious Steps.
Yansu, From China
Ji-in 1. Temple Ground. Matsamura
Kata, Modified by Itosu
Seisan 1. Thirteen Hands. 2.
Half or Crescent Moon.
Matsamura Soken
Denai Seisan, From China
Naihanchi Shuriken, From China
Sanchin 1. Three Battles, From China
Ananko (Ananku) The Light
from the South. Kyan Chotoku
Wansu (Empi) 1. Chinese Envoy Name. 2.
Flying Swallow. Maeda Pechin
Passai Oyadomari Kokan
Tomari Passai (Bassai) 1.
To Thrust Asunder. 2.
To Breach a Fortress, From China
Gojushiho (Useihi) 1.
The Phoenix.
2. Fifty-four Steps. Matsamura
Soken
Chinto (Gankaku) 1.
Fighting to the East.
2. The Name of a Chinese Sailor.
3. Crane Standing
on a Rock, Matsamura Kata,
Modified by Itosu
Chinto Matusmora Kosaku
Kusanku Sho (Kanku or Kwanku)
1. To view the
sky. 2. The
Name/Title of a Chinese Public
Official of the Ming Dynasty. Chibana
Kusanku Chatan Yara
Wanchin Shimbukuro Zenryo
Wandkuan (Matsukaze) 1. King’s Crown. 2.
Pine Tree wind.
Wanduan 1. Okinawa’s
Greatest Fighting King’s Name
Rohai (Meikyo) Vision
of a White Heron.
Kumemura Hakutsuru 1. White crane.
Hakutsuru White crane.
Pipuren (Papuren) Eight steps at a time
Nipipo (Nipapo) twenty-eight steps
Ryukyu Shorinji-Ryu Bukijutsu
| Bo |
1.
Matsu Higa No Kon
2. Shuji No Kon Sho
3. Sakugawa No Kon Sho |
| Nunchaku |
1. Nunchaku Sho
2. Nunchaku Dai |
| Sai |
1.
Hama Higa No Sai
2. Chatan Yara No Sai
Sho
3. Chatan Yara No Sai
Dai
4. Matsu
Higa No Sai
5. Tsuenshitahaku No
Sai |
| Tuifa |
1. Hama
Higa No Tuifa
2. Matsu
Higa No Tuifa |
| Kama |
1. Hama
Higa No Kama
2. Tozan No Kama |
| Tekko |
1. Maezato No Tekko |
| Tinbe |
1. Kanigawa No Timbe |
| Surujin |
1. Surujin Sho |
| Ekku |
1. Tsuken Akachono No Ekku Bo |
| Nunte
Bo |
1. Tsuken Akachono No Nunte Bo |
| Techu |
1. Chatan Yara No Techu |
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