Question: What is Kata?
About the article "Karate", section "Kata".

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  Video of the kata on Google Video.
This is a very long video that seems to show several performances of the kata at a competition.
The demonstrations differ significantly from what is taught at Kodokan. 
Kata is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. 
Below is a list of Yoseikan Aikido Kata, and the techniques in them.
Solo kata; Happo Ken no Kata: Form of Eight Fists The "Happo Ken no Kata" contains the fundamental striking and blocking techniques.
Originally, the kata was made up of the following movements; 1) "soto yoko uke", 2) "hiji ate", 3) "gedan barai", 4) "gedan tsuki", 5) "soto barai", 6) "chudan tsuki", 7) "gedan tsuki uke", 8) "jodan tsuki age".
The modern version of "happo ken" has two differences; 4) "kubi uchi", 8) "hiji ago tsuki age".
The kata is said to have come from Shorinji Kempo, which Mochizuki studied while in Mongolia.
Keri Yon Ho no Kata: Form of Four Kicks The "Keri Yon Ho no Kata" compliments the "happo ken", in that it teaches the basic kicking techniques.
The kata contains the following movements; 1) "mae geri", 2) "yoko geri", 3) "ushiro geri", 4) "mawashi geri".
An older version of the kata, call "San Bo Geri no Kata", contains only the first three kicks.
Another version of the kata, "Keri Go Ho no Kata".
also includes; 5) "ushiro mawashi geri".
Paired kata (attacker and defender);  Ken Tai Ichi no Kata: Form of Sword and Body as One (sword attack - sword defence; sword attack - sword taking; attack - defence) * Tsuki - Maki Uchi Kote; Tsuki - Hiji Kudaki; Oitsuki - Hiji Kudaki * Kote Uchi - Hari Gaeshi Kote Uchi; Kote Giri - Kote Kudaki; Dosoku Katate Dori - Kote Kudaki * Tsuki - Kubi Suri Komi; Tsuki - Mukae Daoshi; Oitsuki - Mukae Daoshi * Kubi Giri - Kote Age Kata Uchi; Kubi Giri - Tenbin Nage; Yokomen Uchi - Tenbin Nage * Maki Uchi Men - Suri Age Do Uchi Ushiro Kata Uchi; Maki Uchi Men - Shiho Nage; Shomen Uchi - Shiho Nage The "Ken Tai Ichi no Kata" illustrates the idea that aikido is based on "Muto Ryu Kenjutsu".
The first part of the five techniques, sword verses sword, demonstrates the kenjutsu form.
The second part, sword taking, shows what Mochizuki refers to as the jujutsu forms.
Finally, the empty hand techniques are the aikido forms.
Jutsuri no Kata: Forms of Soft Catch (attack - defence) *Mae Ryote Dori - Do Gaeshi *Eri Dori Yokomen Uchi - Hachi Mawashi *Ushiro Kubi Jime Kata Te Dori - Tenbin Nage *Mae Kumi Tsuki - Kata Ha Otoshi *Tsuhari - Hazu Oshi Sutemi Taisabaki no Kata: Forms of Body Movement (body movement - inside or outside - technique) *Nagashi - Soto - Hiki Otoshi *Nagashi - Uchi - Kubi Otoshi *Hiraki - Soto - Waki Tori *Hiraki - Uchi - Hiza Oshi Taoshi *Irimi - Soto - Mukae Daoshi *Irimi - Uchi - Ko Uchi Gari *Irimi Senkai - Soto - O Soto Gari *Irimi Senkai - Uchi - Kata Guruma *O Irimi Senkai - O Irimi Senkai Ude Domoe The "Taisabaki no Kata" demonstrates the use of body movement, with the judo principles of "kuzushi" (unbalancing), "tsukuri" (positioning), and "gake" (throwing).
The kata shows how these principles relate to the aikido techniques performed.
Hyori no Kata: Form of Escapes and Counters *Eri Dori Yokomen Uchi *Ushiro Kubi Jime Kata Te Dori *Yuki Chigai *Hiji Kudaki *Robuse *Do Gaeshi *Gyaku Tsuki *Shiho Nage *Tenbin Nage *Mukae Daoshi *Kata Ha Otoshi *Kata Guruma The "Hyori no Kata" (lit.
Form of Front and Back) demonstrates counter techniques, which have been removed from some aikido schools.
The rolls of attacker and defender are continuously being changed.
The first attacker, performing "eri dori yokomen uchi", escapes the second attack, "ushiro kubi jime kata te dori", with "yuki chigai".
The switching of rolls continues through the kata until the final technique, were the initial defender escapes "kata ha otoshi" to finally throw the attacker with "kata garuma".
Shime Waza Kime no Kata: Form of Chokes Kansetsu Waza Kime no Kata: Form of Joint Locks Sutemi Waza no Kata: Form of Sacrifice Throws  
 Sitted Kata-Gatame Kneeling Kata-Gatame Sprawled Kata-Gatame Kneeling Stance Kata-Gatame[http://judoinfo.com/images/kata/kata.jpg], DZR's is often done as a Kneeling Stance Kata-Gatame, where tori keeps uke on his side with his thigh pressing against uke's back.
Mounted Kata-Gatame  
"Kata" (型 or 形 literally: "form"?)
is an old way of teaching traditional martial arts in Japan.
"Kata" are used in many modern and "koryū" martial arts as a way of teaching advanced techniques and maneuvers using a series of scripted movements and actions against an opponent.
In many of the older "koryū" martial arts, "kata" are at the center of what is taught with little or even no sparring as compared to more modern martial arts such as kendo and/or judoThe modern Shintō Musō-ryū system holds approximately 64 jō kata divided into several series.
All forms are normally taught in sequence.
In some SMR dojos, new students begin their kata training by learning one or more kata from the Seitei Jodo-curriculum due to their relative technical simplicity.
As a comparison, the compact Seitei Jodo created by Shimizu Takaji contains 12 forms.
Ten of these kata are drawn from the existing SMR kata with minor modifications, and 2 other kata created specifically for Seitei Jodo.
The two specific Seitei jodo are taught in various SMR dojos outside the main series of Kata.
As Shinto Musō-ryū has no current single leader, there exists no strict consensus regarding which order the kata should be taught, though the traditional order when applied is Omote, chudan, ran ai, kage, samidare Gohon (not in every dojo), okuden and hiden gokui.
The kata-series "Gohon no midare" was created by Shimizu Takaji in the late 1930s and is not taught by every Dojo.
The number of kata in each series is also not strictly defined by any single organisation.
The Chudan series counts twelve kata plus one variant thus pushing the actual number of kata performed to thirteen.
The list of kata series below is mainly from the Shimizu Takaji-line of Shinto Musō-ryū Jodo.