My son's Weapons and Kata
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Agreed. I remember the last demonstration I helped my primary instructor with. We went right after a school that had the blinking speed chucks, gymnastic flips, and shiny prismatic tapered staff show. It was very cool to watch, then we got up and showed some defenses against people punching. Boring, but realistic.
There's a Ryukyu Kempo instructor in SC who told me about the last time he was asked to judge forms at a tournament. A kid (older teen) came in and did a nice, flashy routine with shiny speed chucks. While the other judges are making notes and nodding at the end, this guy reaches into his bag, takes out a set of standard wooden nunchuku, and says, "Do it with these." He wasn't asked back.
Thanks for posting. He's very talented.
Apparently, you are not a father.
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Well you're wrong there
Just an aside from the malay. The turning your head before moving, thing, looks cool, but is a bad habit.
Can you explain that? If I'm understanding your comment, you're talking about the orienting to the new target before moving toward it.
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Interesting. I will check on that.
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Absolutely that is his main focus. He loves sparring.
If I had to rank what he does best, I would say Fighting then Weapons then Kata.
He also runs some nunchaku forms in the dojo but his main weapon is the bo.
The more combat effective method is to turn the eyes, and begin the face off to that direction, with your whole body. It is way faster.
Gyroscope affect is faster than, look and react.
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That makes sense. I will ask his Sensei about that.
The 1st kata is Iron Claw and his Sensei competed with it a lot back in his day.
Appreciate you pointing that out. We are preparing for Nationals next month. So any little hiccups we need to fix now.
Ah! I catch your meaning now.
Like I said, it looks cool; so, they may not want you to fix it. However, don't fight like that, in real life.
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No. Our Sensei is more about the technique being realistic as it pertains to a fight than what just looks good.
Willing to bet, my son just picked that up from someone else.
He is very good at mimicking people but he can pick up bad habits at times.
Willing to bet, my son just picked that up from someone else.
He is very good at mimicking people but he can pick up bad habits at times.
It makes the form look more crisp, which is why it shows up, so there's a good chance he picked it up from someone whose form looked cool (and maybe scored higher because of it). I've also seen some instructors use it as a purposeful exaggeration to correct students who were turning in the kata with their eyes always in the center of the movement (so, not really looking toward the "attacker" before moving). It should be led by the eyes, with the head following and the body lagging only insofar as it is more massive and takes longer to pivot - meaning head and body should start at nearly the same time.
What you are saying makes sense, but forms competition is about showmanship, and there are just, flat out, some things you do for show, when attempting to win a Kata division.
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