Sasori_Te

I am wondering how different styles and students of those styles view the importance of kata. I've been studying martial arts for over 14 years and my appreciation for kata only grows. What does kata mean to you and how do you utilize what it has to teach. I would enjoy hearing anyone's answer to this post. Thank you. Karate Ni Sente Nashi

I believe that the best way to look at this particular concept is to think of a bull whip. The movement starts from ground contact and accelerates through the body acheiving maximum speed at the execution point. where as with the bull whip the power starts with the movement of the handle and speeds up in a wave pattern until the tip of the whip makes contact with the target with maximum speed equating to more power. So technically power does come from the hips or more precisely through the hips.