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General information on the martial arts culture, fighting styles, and technique.

Short videos of various techique and live classroom feeds.

In Japanese, Kata literally translates into "form". In the martial arts, it is a series of choreographed movement which are executed in turn while the practitioner attempts to perfect their form. Students are encourage to visualize their opponent's attack while performing kata and to also visualize how the movements form an appropriate response.

The following are some traditional karate kata.

On Ninja and Ninjutsu