WTF Kata Criteria

[bushido_man96]

I think in order to make something like this work from across styles, its important for the judges to be up to snuff on the technical aspects. All need to agree on what proper side kicks or front kicks look like, what the back stances and front stances look like, and the other techniques.

Now, I'm no Karateka, so I can't be sure, so I'll ask: are there variations in how a knife hand strike is formed from Wado or Shotokan, or are the technical similarities similar?

[Kusotare]

I think in order to make something like this work from across styles, its important for the judges to be up to snuff on the technical aspects. All need to agree on what proper side kicks or front kicks look like, what the back stances and front stances look like, and the other techniques.

Correct, and that's rare.

Now, I'm no Karateka, so I can't be sure, so I'll ask: are there variations in how a knife hand strike is formed from Wado or Shotokan, or are the technical similarities similar?

Good example.

In Wado-ryu Kata, knife hand blocks are performed to Jodan (head), whereas Shotokan knife hands are lower at Chudan (middle).

Check out Wado's Pinan Shodan, vs Shoto's Heian Nidan on You Tube (they are basically the same kata).

And thats just the tip of the iceberg.

K.

[cheesefrysamurai]

i am not a sport kata kind of guy but i watch it as an exercise at times. I like to see if I could pick out the flaws, if I could recognize the differences in teaching.

A lot of those rules seem redundant though.

Each criteria is correct but i feel that there's too much overlap