kata
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːtə/
- Jargon
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kata
- In a montage, we see the students all performing kata (pre-arranged fighting forms) in unison, the camera favoring Wyatt, whose flexibility and precision make him clearly one of the more advanced students.
- kata competition
- judo kata
- practicing her kata
Examples
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An older student, a brown belt, performs his kata with a gleaming pair of sai swords that resemble small tridents.
Fiction book (1996) -
After the kata, just like the older students, the five-year-olds got geared up for sparring.
Blog text (31) -
My son placed third in his division for the team kata.
Blog text (29) -
The point of doing a kata over and over again is not to just do it for the sake of doing it.
Blog text (23) -
His movements are all very precise and careful; it almost looks like a martial art kata.
Fiction book (1991) -
- Will all competitors for the women's kata please report to the judges' stand?
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First, they each took a turn demonstrating their kata, a series of choreographed blocks and punches that they practice in class.
Blog text (31) -
In the solitude of the mountains, he practices his unarmed kata on the stones themselves.
Blog text (20) -
In the dojo, he practiced the kata to perfect his movements and technique.
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The sensei encouraged the students to focus on their kata to enhance their martial arts skills.
How Structured
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kata comes from the Japanese word kata, which means 'form' or 'shape', and in martial arts it names a fixed series of movements you practice to keep technique correct. So a kata is a set 'form' you repeat to learn the right movements.