The Beauty and Intensity of Kata | Japanese Martial Arts Center

[@bigsidable]

Good to see you back. Started Shotokan in 84. Has to slow way done due to bad right knee. Got new knee in 2020. Back at it. Amazing just how weak and tight my body had gotten. Making much progress.

[@TheInvisibleSensei108]

Awesome!!!!😌🙏🏽🥋

[@bigsidable]

MY LIFE IS NOT RIGHT UNLESS I DO KATA AT LEAST 3 TINES A WEEK.FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS IVE BEEN DOING A KATA A MONTH. FROM HEIAN SHOCDAN TO GANGAKU. ITS MAKE A STRONG MIND,STRONG BODY AND SPIRIT. I SPEND LOTS OF TIME ON BUNKAI AS WELL. FROM EACH TECHNIQUE IN THE KATA. OSS.

[@JPEwing01]

This was a demo of Seisan, one of the Goju-ryu katas studied at JMAC

[@raygsbrelcik5578]

Way too Structured and Rigid....Not loose, too Tight! It is better to Flow----Not go through rigid, stifling movements, that only serve to Constrict the muscles. And holding that "Off hand" on the hip is just Useless! We should always train our mind to Keep BOTH hands in FRONT of us, because THAT'S where the opponent is.

[@SoldierDrew]

Kata , like all forms, are meant to be performed slowly under dynamic tension as an isometric exercise to primarily cultivate thicker, stronger, tendons to prevent the injuries so common to westerners , such as torn rotator cuffs, and secondarily as a method of cultivating deeper neuropathways and muscle memory. It's like watching a classical guitarist practice scales then criticizing them for not playing a song. If you were a lifelong traditional Okinawan Kara teka you'd understand these things. Humans often speak w/authority on things they know very little about. Watching KZbin will never make one an expert nor reveal the inner teachings of eastern unarmed defense biomechanic training. In the west the focus is upon training muscles. In the east it's traditionally been about training tendons. But tendons get very little blood flow via regular kinetic strength training, power lifting, etc. Any physical therapist will tell you the tendons get more blood , which leads to healing and strengthening, via two methods: 1. Static Holds. Static stress positions. 2. Isometrics very slow moving dynamic tension exercises. Both of which we utilize very much in traditional eastern unarmed combat defense training. . .and which are often disregarded by western martial artists & combat sports athletes as 'useless' because they lack the knowledge of the true purpose of the training. And they pay the cost of it by having rotator cuff surgeries, hip joint repairs and knee joint repairs. Now you know.