The best way to get students to "buy in" to the katas and make them study and practice hard enough that they become instinctive, is to give them realistic examples.

I know that alot of schools are still teaching the old bunki of kata's...down block to block a kick then step in and punch them. This ...

Hi all...I didn't mean to upset people here...I just get a little irritated when people say they don't like to practice the worthless parts of their katas and want to cut them out entirely.

The masters created the katas the way they did for a reason. Everyone will have their own opinion of why and ...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by hwarang:

And you also have a point implying that my invented kata might be worthless from the martial aspect. However, another reason that I made up my own is that I felt the same way about the original katas ...