Notre Dame Martial Arts Institute

What are kata?

Kata are memorized shadow sparing sequences meant to both drill and demonstrate the forms learned at each rank. NDMAI practices seven colored-belt kata and two additional for the rank of Shodan. Please see below for demonstrations of each form.

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Yellow Belt Kata

Kuk-Ma 1

Kuk-Ma 2

Green Belt Kata

Pyung-An 1

Pyung-An 2

Purple Belt Kata

Pyung-An 3

Brown Belt Kata

Pyung-An 4

Pyung-An 5


Black Belt (First Degree) Kata

Chulgi 1

Pal Sek