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'''''Kata''''' (型 or 形, meaning "form")<ref>{{WP|Kata}}</ref> are chains of practiced martial art movements meant to help practitioners visualize a combat scenario while training, as well as help build muscle memory.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Kata]]</ref>


'''''Kata''''' is a Japanese word (型 or 形) meaning "form". It refers to a detailed choreographedpattern of martial arts movements. It can also be reviewed within groups and in unison when training. It is practiced in Japanese martial arts as a way to memorize and perfect the movements being executed.
[[Yasuke]], a member of the ''[[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ikki]]'' active in late [[Sengoku period]] [[Japan]], learned kata from watching his own martial arts teacher, [[Kamiizumi Nobutsuna]], and would later pass on his teachings to [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Junjiro]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[A Different Kind of Samurai]]</ref> During his travels while tracking down the [[Shinbakufu]], Yasuke would also periodically stop and practice ''kata'' at many locations.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>


Practicing kata allowed a company of persons to engage in a struggle using a systematic approach, rather by practicing in a repetitive manner, the learner develops the ability to execute those techniques and movements in a natural, reflex-like manner.
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''


During the times of Feudal Japan, Kata techniques were practiced by [[Yasuke]], who learnt from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akai_Teruko Akai Teruko], Master [[Kamiizumi Nobutsuna]],[[Yamamoto Masakatsu]] and other masters. Yasuke himself would teach some to [[Junjiro]] and [[Fujibayashi Naoe]]. It could be observed in this time, that practitioners of Kata were typically sympathetic to [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins]].
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Revision as of 14:21, 31 October 2025

Yasuke practicing kata

Kata (型 or 形, meaning "form")[1] are chains of practiced martial art movements meant to help practitioners visualize a combat scenario while training, as well as help build muscle memory.[2]

Yasuke, a member of the Kakushiba ikki active in late Sengoku period Japan, learned kata from watching his own martial arts teacher, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, and would later pass on his teachings to Fujibayashi Naoe and Junjiro.[3] During his travels while tracking down the Shinbakufu, Yasuke would also periodically stop and practice kata at many locations.[4]

Appearances

References