December 13, 201510 yr The question only makes sense if you view kata and kumite as two separate disciplines... Which they are not.Sure if we are talking competition then ok, if that is your thing, as in that case kata is a performance "dance" and kumite is a ritualised duel set within in a narrow rules base. However for the more pragmatic types out there kata and kumite are completely intertwined. If you say you are better at kata than kumite then you've kind of missed the point. Kata and the associated drilling of techniques are directly relevant and applicable to kumite. Tom Runge
December 15, 201510 yr The question only makes sense if you view kata and kumite as two separate disciplines... Which they are not.Sure if we are talking competition then ok, if that is your thing, as in that case kata is a performance "dance" and kumite is a ritualised duel set within in a narrow rules base. However for the more pragmatic types out there kata and kumite are completely intertwined. If you say you are better at kata than kumite then you've kind of missed the point. Kata and the associated drilling of techniques are directly relevant and applicable to kumite.I agree...can't have one without the other, imho!! **Proof is on the floor!!!
December 18, 201510 yr Kata kihon kumiteFor the tech geek types out there look at it like ohms law ... ..VI x RTo find the amps or volts of a circuit cover the thing you want and do the math!! Katakihon KumiteIf one of these is weak, put your finger over that one and focus on the other two, in time the covered one becomes better!! “A human life gains luster and strength only when it is polished and tempered.” Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994) Founder of Kyokushin Karate.
December 18, 201510 yr Kata kihon kumiteFor the tech geek types out there look at it like ohms law ... ..VI x RTo find the amps or volts of a circuit cover the thing you want and do the math!! Kata kihon KumiteIf one of these is weak, put your finger over that one and focus on the other two, in time the covered one becomes better!!To the bold type above...Shouldn't it read... KihonKata KumiteCan't learn Kata without first learning the Kihon and so forth. Having said that, I'm not a math wiz, quite stupid with math, but shouldn't Kihon at the top of this pyramid looking thingy. **Proof is on the floor!!!
December 19, 201510 yr Kata kihon kumiteFor the tech geek types out there look at it like ohms law ... ..VI x RTo find the amps or volts of a circuit cover the thing you want and do the math!! Katakihon KumiteIf one of these is weak, put your finger over that one and focus on the other two, in time the covered one becomes better!!Actually, based on that formula the better at kumite you are the worst your kihon is...Welcome to pedants corner... Tom Runge
December 21, 201510 yr hehehe...I was in a chat the other day and some one split a point ... the reply was... interesting one I'd never heard before, but with all the geek'ness and so on here..why not!?!? The reply was:"Seriously! Oppenheimer couldn't split that!" “A human life gains luster and strength only when it is polished and tempered.” Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994) Founder of Kyokushin Karate.
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