favourite kata

[smegedinashed]

personaly my favorate kata is ether Basidai or shinti. they are both fun and easy

 

 

[Hapkido-Cougar]

I like what im doing right now. Anyway i passed all of them, its Aikido and Hapkido!

[Withers M.A.A.]

My favorite form is def. my competition form- "Killer Instinct" That is the name of the form. It includes all the goodies such as a backflip (flashkick) 540 jump scissor kick (3 kicks in the air) and all the hand combos. Loads of fun...

 

 

[Kempo_Dude]

I dont know whats it called, but it has cool Combo's.. Kicking underneath. and that guy 3 hits he'll be dead for sure.

 

 

[searcher]

My favorite kata is kururunfa it is the perfect blend of hard and soft movements. For competition it is gojushiho.

[SaiFightsMS]

So for all those who where looking at the "other" favorite kata thread this is where it leads.

 

Has anyones choice of favorites changed over time?

 

 

[Taikudo-ka]

Well I goota say that Ken's kata mentioned near the start of the thread does indeed qualify as a kata.

 

If he likes to practise the moves described in that order, then the only difference I see between that and doing a kata is the words you use to describe it.

 

People get so caught up in the syllables used to describe an act, or the outfit worn while performing it, or slight variations in the moves, to see that at the heart of it what they are doing is nearly identical.

 

Eg how many Americans think the burqaa worn by middle eastern women is a horrible, oppresive, anti-feminine outfit, while being perfectly adjusted to and accepting western nuns walking around in virtually the same thing, but with a white trim and called a "habit".

 

It may not be the greatest kata ever... simple and direct, more like ten no than naihanchi or wanshu... but a kata nevertheless.

 

To get the true essence, I think you need to add an interesting and effective nasty street move in there somewhere, that can't actually be used in any form of competition...

 

Preferably it will keep observers wondering "what the hell does THAT do" until you apply it to them in real life.

 

 

 

[hobbitbob]

My favourite Katas (this week ) are: Jion- Simple, direct. Rohai- (the ****o version) very scary when you consider the Oyo. Nijushiho (Shotokan)- soooo many possibilities.

[Bitseach]

My favourite is Sochin as I like the gradual winding-up before the release of energy. I find it unstresses me when I'm annoyed too!

 

Unfortunately this doesn't mean I'm any good at it at all - that fudo stance is tough! My knees don't like it much either.

 

Quite like Heians Yon- and Go-Dan too but CAN'T ABIDE Tekki Sho-Dan. Hate it hate it hate it.

 

 

[Bitseach]

On 2002-06-13 03:54, Taikudo-ka wrote:

 

Eg how many Americans think the burqaa worn by middle eastern women is a horrible, oppresive, anti-feminine outfit, while being perfectly adjusted to and accepting western nuns walking around in virtually the same thing, but with a white trim and called a "habit".

 

Well I can't speak for Americans, but I do think that about the Burqa and Chador but have to point out that those very reasons are WHY nuns wear the long habet - because they are anti-feminine. In fact that is also the reason for some Moslem women wearing it, isn't it? So that the loins of the men are not stirred by the body shape. (presumably they aren't then allowed to go out in the wind in their burquas?)

 

Incidently the 2nd Vatican Council discouraged the wearing of the full veil for Roman Catholic nuns precisely because it was so odd and unapproachable to others. Very few monastic orders these days are cloistered and many work in their local communities.