SKIF kata
List of SKIF kata (including 26 standard shotokan kata)
(click on a kata to view link to you tube)
Heian Shodan - "peaceful mind #1" first kata in SKIF
Heian Nidan - "peaceful mind #2"
Heian Sandan - "peaceful mind #3"
Heian Yondan - "peaceful mind #4"
Heian Godan - "peaceful mind #5"
Tekki Shodan - "iron horse" also known as Naihanchi
Bassai Dai - "to storm a fortress" (major)
Enpi - "flight of a swallow"
The following kata are not traditional Shotokan kata but introduced by Soke Kanazawa to broaden syllabus. One particular reason for introducing these kata is the use of shiko dachi and other less used stances, which do not appear in the 26 Shotokan kata: