Drunken Monkey Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 think of it slightly differently. the moves as done in the form are the 'perfect' versions of the move, as it should be if it all goes to plan. what you have to do, is take the move out of the form and learn what happens when it is applied. eveyone is different, be it in height, weight, strength but the basic physiology remains the same. the form illustrates how the move works. it is up to you to find out how it works for you. if you only do one version of the move taht works for you and neglect the form then when it is your turn to pass on the art, you will be teaching YOUR version of the move, not the move as it is intended. take this process and multiply by x and soon you will have a move that is unrecognisable from the original. learning martial arts isn't just about fighting. part of it is the responsibility to keep the art alive. while this does involve being able to use the art but part of it is also to preserve the art. hence the need to train BOTH form and application. i think the problem is that once it was formally put into a sequence, people began to forget that while the form is fixed, what you did was not. they seemed to forget that a block can be a strike can be a trap can be a push. it turned into 'block x with y' with no reference to the principles that determined that you used y in the first place. in my opinion, forms are only useless if you don't make of them. 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."
ramymensa Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 Dear partners into the kata stuff. Don't you just get tired of defending yourselves for doing kata? Why do we have to almost apologise for our choise? It's that simple. Do you like kata? do it. You don't like it? Chose another style and let the others live in peace. World Shotokan Karate
tommarker Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 Ramy!!! Can I get an "AMEN!" I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
gheinisch Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 AMEN!! "If your hand goes forth withhold your temper""If your temper goes forth withold your hand"-Gichin Funakoshi
wado_lee Posted March 8, 2004 Posted March 8, 2004 AMEN kata is very important good kata teaches timing, focus disapline (sorry) good kata means good kumite theres no one style just your style---------
SaiFightsMS Posted March 8, 2004 Posted March 8, 2004 Amen. And with that I would like to close the thread. However, this topic comes up often enough that a new thread would reappear. So......
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