plainwhitets Posted July 29, 2004 Posted July 29, 2004 Are their certain styles of martial arts that have "fast pace" katas/forms?
XxpengwynxX Posted July 29, 2004 Posted July 29, 2004 I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "fast pase". But I'm assuming it means like "fast moves" and I'm assuming most styles have both slow and fast katas. My styles got both. Like in Tekke-shodan (My spelling is horrible.) Parts of it are slow, and parts are ment to be done very fast. And in sienchin or zianchin (I have no idea how to spell that.) The beginng is very slow but other parts are faster. Sorry if that wasn't what you ment by "fast pace."
kempocos Posted July 29, 2004 Posted July 29, 2004 It is more a question of how many do the kata as intended. I know folks who can do KATA for two hours and never break a sweat. Me I put so much into them that I am sweating after two passes of them. "If you don't want to get hit while sparring , join the cardio class"
WapCaplet Posted July 29, 2004 Posted July 29, 2004 When we practice katas we usually do the first one by count, then another couple of passes of the kata at our own pace ("as you may!"). When doing full speed and power (as the kata should be done), I am breaking a pretty good sweat after doing 2 or 3 katas (3 times each). Does that qualify as "fast pace"? Wap "Fighting fighting. Same Same""But you know karate!""Someone always know more..."
plainwhitets Posted July 29, 2004 Author Posted July 29, 2004 well i've looked online at videos of katas, and some have been very slow, like a strike, block, kick, but it's like slow, and then i've seen some footage where it's like "rapid fire" menuvers. so i don't know if that's because of the style of martial art, that the kata was performed so fast, or katas can be performed at the speed of the individual
Drunken Monkey Posted July 29, 2004 Posted July 29, 2004 the speed at which you do the movements depend on the purpose of the section of the kata/form (or individual movement) or even the form itself. i.e: there's no point doing a section fast if it's meant to train positions. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
G95champ Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 Even though most kata have a certin speed they are supposed to be done at. We practice our kata very fast and even very slow for conditioning. The very fast kata we say do it as fast as you can and frankly it sucks. The slow kata we hold each postion for 30 seconds get a good leg burn and works balance. (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
ramymensa Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 If you're talking about the "blue videos" they are filmed like that in order for the student to be able to see the moves. A kata performed in normal speed is quite confusing The Kanazawa clips are made twice: a part with slow moves .. afterwards the "right" pace for the kata (at least in the version I have them) World Shotokan Karate
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