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Post by sifuwhite on Dec 1, 2005 9:06:51 GMT 8
Kata is solo training. How many of you that practice Kata/forms vary the intensity of the movement to add to work out of doing kata. If so, what types of techniques do you like intensify, punches, kicks, blocks etc....
I personally like to intensify blocking ane puch, to get the isometeric feeling for the movement. It helps increase power.
Sifu White
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Post by sifuwhite on Dec 1, 2005 9:08:17 GMT 8
I also like to intensify grabbing techinques especially when I am training for tournaments.
Sifu White
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Post by Colin Wee on Dec 1, 2005 11:05:32 GMT 8
Kata is a fairly integral part of my training, given that I don't have the throwaway cash for gym membership, and have little time. I sometimes use kata with kiai-type breathing to build up endurance/stamina. I sometimes practice slowly to visualise. I breakdown the kata when I'm not actively working out for applications. Isolating the drills makes more sense when I'm in front of a training partner. Otherwise the drills I use are not really drawn from kata, though I sometimes combine free-style moves (which work well with reiterations) with knock down techniques from kata. Most everything I do can be compared with some part of the kata we use - this is an exercise I demand from all members of my school. Colin
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Post by sifuwhite on Dec 1, 2005 12:12:42 GMT 8
We have forms, that require some interesting moves that my legs can't do anymore, especially jumping moves, so I modify enough to get me through that part of the form and try no to disrupt the integrity of the form.
Tim
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Post by supergroup7 on Dec 2, 2005 2:11:54 GMT 8
I've added a reverse punch to each technique of the kata to intensify the workout.
Also, I've done the kata all in the same stance.. Gosh that's hard to do, it really makes your brain work hard to figure out how to do the same movements, and where your balance should be.
I've also started doing kata, but trying to keep it in a small space, just shifting my feet, and going into deep stance. Talk about harsh on the legs. It's almost like weight lifting.
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Post by Colin Wee on Dec 2, 2005 10:52:47 GMT 8
Maybe you should try to do it mirror image? Now that's hard. I've done a few kata like that. It's really tough. Did you read the Tekki post? That's what Chotoku Kyan did with Isshinryu - he made Tekki start on the other side. How's that for a mind job? Colin
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Post by supergroup7 on Dec 5, 2005 22:12:06 GMT 8
I've done mirror image kata. That is quite a difficult, and challenging thing to do at first... but once you wrap your mind around the idea it becomes smoother. A REAL tough way to do kata is to start from the last movement in the kata, and do the kata backwards to the opening movement. Do you want to really make it tougher? Last to first backwards kata in MIRROR image. WAH HA HA HA.. I think that my brain would go TILT!!!!!!!
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Post by Ron Goninan on Apr 2, 2006 16:02:45 GMT 8
Kata/Taolu/Forms is more than solo training. They are ways in which to practioce and understand the higher levels of an art. They allow the practitioner to practice lethal applications in safety and embody the essential energies and principles of the given art.
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Post by supergroup7 on Apr 3, 2006 6:32:50 GMT 8
Yes, Sifu Ron.. I agree with you that Kata is far more than just one thing. I've seen how it provides us with a safe way to apply lethal techniques, and how it embodies the principles of our art.
I would suggest that Sifu White was just focusing on how one usually will perform kata without a partner (thereby "solo")... and exploring various thoughts of how to intensify the physical output of the performance of a kata.
I came up with another thought. I've seen kata performed on a sandy beach, or in chest deep water.. Wow.. I beleive that THAT would intensify the demand on the muscle groups.
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Post by Ron Goninan on Apr 3, 2006 8:21:04 GMT 8
Supergroup7, Ni hao,
Thanks for your post but please simply call me "Ron" ... I'm not one to go in for all these ranks and titles, just a seeker of the art.
Kata/Taolu/Forms are personal memory aids that embody the inherent principles, concepts and appl.ications of the given art form studied. As such, they should be approached on this level and made one's own for them to truly be of any benefit.
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Post by Colin Wee on Apr 4, 2006 9:18:12 GMT 8
Supergroup7, Ni hao, Thanks for your post but please simply call me "Ron" ... I'm not one to go in for all these ranks and titles, just a seeker of the art. It is her training that requires her to call you Sifu, despite what you say. Colin
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Post by Ron Goninan on Apr 4, 2006 9:26:29 GMT 8
Okay Colin, settle down mate! Really it just makes me feel uncomfortable when someone calls me by a title
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Post by Colin Wee on Apr 4, 2006 10:36:49 GMT 8
Sorry Sifu. If it makes you happier, you should think of it as a Job Description, not a title. Growing up, I had to call all my Chinese teachers the equivalent of Sifu. And let me tell you they had no problems thinking that it elevated them above the thankless job they did. :-) Colin
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Post by Ron Goninan on Apr 4, 2006 11:07:27 GMT 8
Thanks Colin
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Post by Colin Wee on Apr 4, 2006 13:07:57 GMT 8
;D
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