COMPLETE REFERENCE: An essential reference illustrating in details all traditional Kata of the worldwide popular Shotokan style of Karate. COACHING EDUCATION: To help for preparing grades examinations for the Shotokan style of Karate.
For less than the price of a serious Kata book or a good DVD on Kata education, you can have with you not only a top quality illustration of all the Katas available in Shotokan, but also a detailed memo of all the Katas that you will need for examinations from the white belt up to the black belt (superior Dan); including of course the complete list of Shotokan Kata admitted for competitors.
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).
Including a simplified MENTAL VISUALIZATION TOOL for every Kata : A drawn pattern with an indicating arrow on top side of the screen is present on every movement for a pedagogical reason. This method allows a fast and durable memorization of the important kata directions that the karateka will have to keep in mind or recall rapidly when needed in the future. A primary scope is to always have a good symbolic orientation within the Kata. The second goal is to help in developing a crystal clear and simple memorization process for every group of actions with important details of the techniques. To support this efforts, the traditional patterns -which seems unreadable and complex on more advanced Katas, even for advanced karatekas- have been pedagogically modified on the drawing to reveal their logic.
A collection of detailed animations exclusively focused on the ESSENTIAL points : Better than a real video, the major advantage of iKata illustrated resources is to facilitate the memorization effort involved for learning a Kata more than any other individual method (i.e. videos, books, drawings). Whatever the grade and/or level of expertise, iKata reduces the mental process required by the karateka or the coach. Nevertheless it is strongly recommended to work in parallel with an expert professor to understand all the Bunkai (self-defense / fighting explanations) and rhythm situations that are hidden in a Kata .
The PRO version provides all Katas listed below (A & B):
