Well I will say this. I don't think that Kata is the end all be all of fighting.

I wholeheartedly agree that it is an outstanding Solo Training method.

That is my biggest problem with Danzan Ryu Jujitsu. It's a two man Art. That's the biggest complaint that I have with Grappling. You just can't do ...

Doc,

I'll take your post as an eloquent way of saying that you want me to Stay.

Duane,

Is that a Yes or No?

Do you not find the movements of Kata Unnatural? I know that I do.

I have never moved in such a way as to resemble Kata in free play.

The unchanged movements of Kata are too stiff and ridgid for me to apply with out being over ran due to the lack of freedom of movement.

What I mean here is that ...

That's one.

Good answers Sean.

But the answer that I was given was much simpler. Try breaking it down and simplify it more.

Only 3.

Think of movement.

#2 is correct. He said puncture.

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NHB = No Holds Barred.

Interesting comments on Kata. I used to practice Kata. In the style of Karate that I studied it was pretty balanced between free fighting and Kata practice.

Later in my Jujitsu studies the Katas were much shorter. The sequences not as complex. I enjoyed this very much ...

Is that a yes, Good doctor?

Would you like for me to leave?

More insults. You are beginning to Bore me.

Duane C,

Interesting how you post on a Topic that has degraded to mere name calling and mud slinging.

How odd that you do not post on the two other "serious" topics that I started.

Could it be that everyone LIKES the mud slinging. And that I am ...

I have posted these questions at several other Forums.

Why do you practice Kata?

What purpose does it serve for you?

Where is your Mind as you train Katas?

The other Forums were NHB oriented so I figured the best place to ask this is at a Kata Based Forum.

As long as I can annoy you my good Doctor I'll stay. You can cut and paste my posts, critique them to pieces if you like.

You are so knowledgable and your "cup" is so full that I'm afraid that there is nothing that you can learn from me.

So perhaps my posts can help the other, less enlightened ...

A Kuk Sool Master once commented to me that there are 3 ways to physically attack the body in the Martial Arts.

Can you guess what they are?

Hehehe,

You smart guys are killin' me.


yup us dumbasses in south Carolina sure R dumn, uh i mean dum, or is it dumb?

Now I attended a symposium on Shuri Ryu once and a very famous Karate "master" stood up and as he demonstrated the correct way to punch, began naming all muscles that contracted ...

ATTEN:EVERYONE.

I will no longer be posting at this Forum due to the fact that censorship is held in higher regard than freedom of speech.

Thanks for the complement, Victor!

Doc. X

Your a smart guy who says nothing.

You use a lot of words that say nothing. Kind of like Socrates," goodness is good because it partakes of goodness".

Get my drift?

keep posting though, it's good for a laugh.

WHHHOOOOOWWWEEEEEIIIII!!!!!!!!!


Straw Man! That's good!

Iron Broom. Bunkai. Chi? Doesn't any one get the drift?

You are searching old dead static techniques of Kata to answer the Live question of movement application.

Movement application? Yes, not just movement for the sake of movement, that's ...