GAB
3rd Black Belt
Hi all,
Kata... Good stuff.
Regards, Gary
Kata... Good stuff.
Regards, Gary
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BlackCatBonz said:like i said in my previous post.......its up to the teacher to develop a curriculum that will teach either fast or slow. i can have a student walk away from a class in one night with something that will help them.
as far as "learning a system or style.......i think you can teach anyone the "basics" in a short amount of time that they can apply, but i dont think they have come remotely close to "learning" the "style".
just because you taught someone how to change the oil in their car, it doesnt make them a mechanic.
shawn
brandon said:i am a blue belt in go-ju ryu and i always read articles that are so anti-kata.What is with you people kata have been preformed since the begining and they trained for real combat not like us who mostly do it for sport .What makes these so called reality based martial arts think they have it figured out .1) Kata are not preformed to teach self defense,but are used as a conditioning tool.Also to fine tune technique,teach accuracy and control.After all these methods have been used for hunderds of years and we dismiss them because we think we know it all.I think its a shame to see a black who does not teach kata ,but a guess i am a traditionalist . please fell free to give tour thoughts
im not saying that at all..........but that doesnt stop people from getting a black belt, thinking they know it all and decide to rewrite the book on self defense. but if you could have 2 different shotokan instructors with an entirely different approach to teaching shotokan karate. one might focus on kata and bunkai, for the purpose of learning application timing, distance and application, while another might teach the basics from a different standpoint and use kata for form development.Patrick Skerry said:Just curious, are you saying that an instructor has license to develop his own style? And that kata is just optional?
BlackCatBonz said:im not saying that at all..........but that doesnt stop people from getting a black belt, thinking they know it all and decide to rewrite the book on self defense. but if you could have 2 different shotokan instructors with an entirely different approach to teaching shotokan karate. one might focus on kata and bunkai, for the purpose of learning application timing, distance and application, while another might teach the basics from a different standpoint and use kata for form development.
i think that when people go off and start something on their own, its usually because they didnt stay long enough to see what it was they were learning or they want some kind of recognition without putting in the time.
shawn
MJS said:I'll also add, that there are many arts out there that do not have kata but are still very effective. Patrick, let me ask you this. You state that you know Judo. 1) Does Judo have kata? Does it make it any less effective because it does not? The same can be said for BJJ. Highly effective, but it doesn't have kata.
Mike
RRouuselot said:Yes Judo has kata. ( found here http://www.busenjudo.com/judokata.html and here: http://www.judoinfo.com/katamenu.htm )
They are not like karate kata per say but they are called "kata" none the less.
Judo and BBJJ are good examples of what I was talking about earlier.
Although they do not have kata like Karate or kung fu they do have formal practice techniques which formulate into a group.......
Personally speaking I think karate techniques are easier to remember because they are practiced as a dance as well as man to man.
MJS said:My appologies Sir, I should have been more specific. I was making a ref. to kata as you'd see done in TKD, Shotokan, Kenpo, etc. Thanks for posting the links! :asian: That being said, we could even say that boxing has 'kata'. The combos that are thrown, jab cross, jab cross hook, etc. are preset moves or combos that are put together in a certain way. However, when stepping into the ring, they are not always put together in that way..hence, being able to have an understanding of whats being done.
Mike