Uselessness of kata in the real world!

[Akuma]

The concept of Yin/Yang is not at all exclusive to China, duality and its interactions is deeply rooted in all humanity it is at our core of existence, it’s just that most are too distracted to deeply ponder about it, even Chinese folks.

“Qi” - Also a concept to be found in many cultures outside of China, in the West it was called “Aether” and was once part of the periodic table, but was discarded since it was too abstract and unscientific,likewise in the martial arts also many Chinese can’t really explain it and those who think they can doesn’t make much sense to anything anyway..

The “以柔克刚” is also not a unique concept to China, it dwell into Yin/Yang - softness vs righty, example - in Christianity concept of meekness trump brutish, of course also here many have difficulty in applying this, chinese as well as people in other cultures .

I am sorry your answers are 100% wrong.

Yin yang is not duality.
Qi is not Aether.
柔 is not softness

You CANNOT use western philosophy to explain chinese philosophy . So do I.
I can't use chinese philosophy to explain your bible. Two different concepts.

Because you don't understand the language and culture and never read the books . You can't just blame that it was too abstract and unscientific.

You can't understand these simple term, how can you understand the meaning of kata?
Honestly, not many people (even chinese) know these knowledge. I have reviewed a lot of books and combined with my teacher's explanation, then i know some part of kata.

The teacher is very important role! You must find 明师（ teacher who can really explain to you) instead of 名师（'celebrity' teacher) .

Now you know the problem now?

 

[mograph]

If you want to learn Asian Traditional Martial Arts, please LEARN the language and culture first!
The Asian teachers are not good in English ! In addition to that, there is no suitable/such English vocabulary
to explain the terms or theory.

I agree with this.

Three words: "Lost in Translation."
And it's not just language, it's cultural paradigms.

Here's a book. It's not perfect, but it's a good start.

The Geography of Thought - Wikipedia

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