When you guys do Kata in the Dojo, like how many times do you practise the Kata?

 

 

During a regular practice i will useally do each kata twice . however if is a kata that i have jsut learned i will do that paticular kata . every mornkng when i wake up and 3 or 4 times during a practice .

 

 

My Dad (AO) makes me do them for 2 hours non stop sometimes. I dunno how many times that would be

That's a little long in my opinion.

 

I had a friend who's father was a master in a Vietnamese martial art, and his dad worked him like that too. Now my friend is an adult, and is burned out on training, and wants nothing to do with it.

 

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Well, now that I know you're 20, its not uncommon. I wouldn't make anyone under about 17 work that hard.

 

[ This Message was edited by: KSN Doug on 2002-02-20 05:25 ]

I enjoy it, not always at the time, but when I see the improvement I really am happy.

 

I want to get better, one day I hope to be as good and as fit as him but I dont know if I could do as many hours aweek as he does, that could take a long time

I do the same as Ronryu.

In class, the month is separated into "weeks" - where we cover all the basics but keep focused on one thing...There's "sparring" week, weapons week, rolls/breakfalls/ground defense week, forms week, etc. When we have forms week we probably do the form 3-4 times in the class and if it isn't forms week only once or twice, though I do it many times at home on my own.

I have always done more kata work outside of class than in class. Sometimes I work them at a slow pace concentrating on my stances and the precision of my arm/hand movements.

 

Sometimes I work them hard with the most power I can. I don't last very long when I do that.

 

Sometimes I take them apart and work on sections at a time.

 

 

When praticing alone I will still run the kata twice however i will run it the first time all out checking for errors and stances things like that . The second time i will run it more relaxed not thinking of the kata to much jsut let it flow (zazen i belive it is called ) .

 

In a formal class I will run them hard all out . At least as long as i can I usally start to feel it around sieuchin .

 

 

 

 

We generally practice kata in every class. Myself I practice all my kata twice a day every day. I generally reel them off once in the morning and then a second time either during lunch time or when I get home from the office in the evening