|
Post by GM-Neal on Apr 7, 2006 7:53:52 GMT 8
Sifu White, you may find that putting yourself doing kata on video is a GREAT addition to your own training, and to your students. I would strongly recommend this option to you. It offers a chance to see yourself from the outside, and to show your students those special touches of self expression within the parameters of the kata. It is Mir, It is good to do your Class all so, they can see them self's, and you can see your own teaching, (And some times it is very scary ;D ). I do My Black Belts, so they can see where they came from to where they are Now. Mike..
|
|
|
Post by timposynick on Apr 8, 2006 14:26:52 GMT 8
this is a carbon of my post in kata and solo training Forms are very important to me for teaching as well as any other part of our system, no more no less, but equally as it is a part of the bigger picture of our structure. We do forms every class, at times breaking down individual forms in order to grasp the combat concepts better, as in bunkai. Kata..Hyung..Tull..Kuen..Poomse so many names for one fantastic invention it is too bad that todays combat atheletes don't recognize more the benefits that the masters gave them from the formation of patterns. Althought the ancient Greeks didn't have formal patterns per-say in Pankration, they did have set practise routines or rehearsed routines thet they used to develop their competition abilities, much like the Brazillian Ju-jitsu stylists of today. One could call these combat kata. Many free-style systems have similar forms today. Patterns are the essence of personal developement in my opinion, in any style. Through this vessel the student comes into their own martial being. developing not only the systemized routines for passing grades but also their personal cadence in movement from one technique into the next. Each student looking similar and yet developing their own uniqueness. Patterns not only develop balance accuracy, timing, focus, breathing, body dynamics, tendon strength, coordination, they also develop personality, confidence, control, discipline, respect, humility, and integrity. Patterns are the moving menu if you will of the syllabus of the style. One mearly need study the patterns of a system and you will see 80 to 90% of the applicable tehniques used by that style. In some styles/systems it is more subtle in the patterns but if you study them long enough they are there. This is where the instructor's role is essential in teaching patterns. At first it is just a systemized set of moves to show basic technique combinations and to learn to move in stances combining blocks, punches and kicks. Later it becomes a guidebook or encyclopedia from which the student can arrange and re-arrange a plethora of combination of technique to be used in self-defense. In my system the patterns are essential because the techniques demonstrated in the pattern are exactly the techniques that we use for street-oriented self-defense. I have kept some traditional ellements and some classical techniques, to add depth and flavour, also in the higher rank patterns there are the ellements of jumping techniques for added body dynamics, and kicking strength. It is taught at all times to my students that the reasoning behind training high kicks, or intensified hand strikes, is to increase the body's natural ability to recall that dynamic strength faster each time it is called upon in self-defense. So if the body is used to kicking over the head at high speeds with intense power then, on the street when the kick is applied to the legs or groin, the more direct targets, the dynamic energy trained previously can be recalled for that situation instantly. this is a large part of our approach to platterns as well. Though we look like a kick-boxing school that wears uniforms and uses belts, when you first observe our routines. After you delve into our patterns you will see the methodology of our approach.
|
|
|
Post by Ron Goninan on Apr 9, 2006 10:06:38 GMT 8
I was a little surprised at the poll results as most of you have Kata/Taolu/forms as a component of your art yet don't focus a great deal on them.
To me, the forms are the lifeblood of the art and it's transmission to others.
They contain ALL the principles, concepts and applications of the art in question. They allow one to train in same in an effective manner.
|
|
|
Post by GM-Neal on Apr 9, 2006 12:14:39 GMT 8
The Kata "Forms" Are the life blood of the Art. from the Name of it to the Movements of it. It needs to be done over and over, to feel the form, as i say become the Form. I am a Full time Teacher, If you, {and this is a old saying} if you do not use it, it will rust.
|
|
|
Post by Colin Wee on Apr 9, 2006 20:57:46 GMT 8
I was a little surprised at the poll results as most of you have Kata/Taolu/forms as a component of your art yet don't focus a great deal on them. To me, the forms are the lifeblood of the art and it's transmission to others. They contain ALL the principles, concepts and applications of the art in question. They allow one to train in same in an effective manner. That's what this forum is all about! Most people think MA or modern MA is all about drills and pads. This is incorrect. The drills and pads are but a small part to exercise some techniques. My style is driven by the forms we do. Everything I teach and do is correlated back to the forms. Every principal every innovation is placed next to the form. When I incorporate other arts, I place them next to our system. New techniques are linked to traditional lines or deemed as variants of techniques listed in the forms. Those that do not conform to the system are 'parked' outside the system and highlighted as different for comparison. Colin
|
|
|
Post by supergroup7 on Apr 11, 2006 2:35:30 GMT 8
I was a little surprised at the poll results as most of you have Kata/Taolu/forms as a component of your art yet don't focus a great deal on them.
I find myself surprised, Ron, that you have received the impression that the other posters of this forum, including myself, do not focus a great deal on our kata. Did you get this impression due to the other poll that asked how often we train in kata specifically?
I would like to present that my attitude towards training is totally "kata" centered, regardless of what other things that I do as I train. I apply myself in Kihon to strengthen my kata, I apply myself in Kumite to understand my kata, I apply myself in conditioning so that I can perform my kata with more stamina.
|
|
|
Post by Colin Wee on Apr 11, 2006 12:15:14 GMT 8
I was a little surprised at the poll results as most of you have Kata/Taolu/forms as a component of your art yet don't focus a great deal on them.I find myself surprised, Ron, that you have received the impression that the other posters of this forum, including myself, do not focus a great deal on our kata. Did you get this impression due to the other poll that asked how often we train in kata specifically? Good insight there Mir. Indeed 50% of the poll shows the kata is extremely significant. Without kata we'd all be fairly unattractive Taebo-ers. Colin
|
|