"Do you mean some MORE self defense techniques?" I said.
"Huh?" he said.
I replied, "Son, we just did over 30 of them. It was called PaSaRyu Sah Dan."
TcB
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
I recently took a group of green through red belts through a detailed analyses of Sah Dan (this was at a class time that I don't normally attend). At the end, after the bow, one of the red belts, (probably 13 yrs old), asked if I could show them some self-defense techniques. (I cringe at that term. I prefer "self-protection or self-preservation".)
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This is somthing IMO that cannot be stressed enough. If you cannot look at that form (or any of ours for that matter) and pull out some very practical and effective "self preservation" techniques, you do not "know" it.
From time to time, I will ask everyone to demonstrate and explain the application of a technique from their current form. This forces people to think about their form practice in a different light and often totally intrigues them. Thats when it starts to get "good".
SUN!
Yes! Exactly!. That is the purpose and origin of kata. I especially like the "this forces people to think" part of your comment. There is much too much ROTE practice going on from white belt to master and above.
SUN!
TcB
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