Musical Kata Done Right

[Lupin1]

Here's a video of my strict, traditional Korean instructor doing Sunsu kata from Isshinryu. He's been practicing martial arts since he was little, first in South Korea then in the US. He's a 5th Dan in both Tae Kwon Do and Isshinryu Karate. This is a karate kata done for a TKD tournament. He's a very tough, precise kata technician who demands nothing less than perfection from us. So to see him do this is all the more awesome.

The video is a little shaky, but it's still enjoyable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXnDTOFN5I0

[sensei8]

ROFL

Enjoyed in quite a lot...thank you for sharing it!! I'd love to see his exactness outside of the Sumo costume!!

[Lupin1]

ROFL

Enjoyed in quite a lot...thank you for sharing it!! I'd love to see his exactness outside of the Sumo costume!!

Here's him doing the same kata after class one day (so not practiced to tournament readiness or anything. In fact, we don't practice that kata very often at all)

For a tournament ready kata-- here's him doing our version of Gojushiho (keep in mind we're not a Shotokan school-- our instructors learn this version of Gojushiho as a supplementary study)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4m95IbL8vs

And finally, here's him doing Kusanku when he was a Shodan

I always try my best to work my way over to stand next to him whenever we're doing kata. Brings up my own performance significantly.