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Kata is a waste of time


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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.

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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. :)
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