Kata (TCG)

Kata were formal prearranged movements that taught a student proper fighting Rokugani techniques. Her Father's Daughter, by D. G. Laderoute Kata allowed a combatant to perform incredible martial feats and capitalize on openings that might slip away from less skilled combatants. Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 174 They were primarily practiced by bushi and other dedicated martial artists, but some courtiers also learned them in case they were called upon to take to the battlefield. Legend of the Five Rings: Roleplaying Game (Beta), p. 107
== Categories ==
Kata were categorized by the weapons they used:
* General Kata: they are not limited to a specific weapon or combat style 
* Close Combat Kata: they are performed with weapons that use the Melee or Unarmed skill Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 179
* Ranged Combat Kata: they are performed with weapons that use the Ranged skill Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 181
== Known Kata ==
=== School Rank 1 ===
* Hawk's Precision (Ranged Combat)
* Mind's Edge (General)
* Snapping Branch Strike (Close Combat)
* Soaring Slice (General)
* Striking as Air (General)
* Striking as Earth (General)
* Striking as Fire (General)
* Striking as Water (General)
* Trip the Leg (Close Combat)
* Warrior's Resolve (General)
=== School Rank 2 ===
* Chaotic Scattering (General)
* Coiling Serpent Style (Close Combat)
* Crescent Moon Style (General)
* Fierce Badger Style (Close Combat)
* Flashing Steel Strike (Close Combat)
* Iaijutsu Cut: Crossing Blade (Close Combat)
* Iaijutsu Cut: Rising Blade (Close Combat)
* Iaijutsu Cut: Sword and Sheath (Close Combat)
* Iron Forest Style (Close Combat)
* Landslide Strike (Close Combat)
* Lord Hida's Grip (General, Crab)
* Lord Shiba's Valor (General, Phoenix)
* Open Hand Style (Close Combat)
* Pelting Hail Style (Ranged Combat)
* Reckless Lunge (Close Combat)
* Rider's Haste (General)
* Rushing Avalanche Style (Close Combat)
* Spinning Blades Style
* Staggering Shot (Ranged Combat)
* Tactical Assessment (General)
* Thunderous Blows Style (Close Combat)
* Veiled Menace Style (Close Combat)
=== School Rank 3 ===
* Battle in the Mind (General)
* Boar's Wrath Style (Close Combat)
* Crimson Leaves Strike (General)
* Daring Swing (Close Combat)
* Deflective Defense (Close Combat)
* Flowing Water Strike (General)
* Heartpiercing Strike (General)
* Improvised Assault (Close Combat)
* Iron Shell Style (General)
* Piercing Bolt Style (Close Combat)
* Pole-Vault (Close Combat)
* Rushing Ox Style (Close Combat)
* Shattering Tide Style (Close Combat)
* Swirling Viper Style (Ranged Combat)
* Thicket's Embrace Style (Close Combat)
* Thunderclap Strike (Close Combat)
* Twin Streams Style (Close Combat)
* Wasp's Spite Style (Ranged Combat)
* Wheeling Sweep (Close Combat)
=== School Rank 4 ===
* Breath of Wind Style (General)
* Crashing Wave Style (General)
* Disappearing World Style (General)
* Eyeless Sight Shot (Ranged Combat)
* Iaijutsu Cut: Reverse Draw (Close Combat)
* Iron in the Mountains Style (General)
* Laughing Fox Style (Close Combat)
* Thunderous Hooves Style (General)
=== School Rank 5 ===
* Bonebreaker Style (Close Combat)
* Falling Heavens Shot (Ranged Combat)
* Pin the Fan (Ranged Combat)
* Soul Sunder (General)
* Striking as Void (General)
* Swirling Tempest Style (Close Combat)
* Void Embrace Style (General)
=== Unknown ===
* Harmony at a Balanced Edge
* Lion Faces the Heavens (Lion)
* One-Strike Blade
* The Cornered Lion (Lion)
* Ten Strikes of the Sting (Scorpion)
* Tiger Stalks His Prey
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