Part 6 of a Six-Part Series on Using Kata (or Form) For Martial Arts Development
My series of columns has presented what kata or form practice can do for you and your students; but we all know that many, if not most, don’t experience the good effect I have been describing, as a result of well […]
Part 5 of a Six-Part Series on Using Kata (or Form) For Martial Arts Development
Some years ago, one of my instructors, Koyoshi Nishime Sensei (Cincinnati, Ohio), revealed to me a number of things about kata that I never understood. One of the most important concerned how the development of power was like a two-headed snake. […]
Part 4 of a Six-Part Series on Using Kata (or Form) For Martial Arts Development.
Any instructor of my age grew up watching numerous dynamic and powerful boxers (read striking artists) from the 1950’s to the middle of the 1980’s. These men were in the heyday of their sport and, until self-serving and greedy promoters ruined […]
Part 3 of a Six-Part Series on Using Kata (or Form) For Martial Arts Development
The goal for the ancient and modern martial artist is to learn how to develop a stable, mobile and fluid platform that can move in any direction and EXPLODE arms, legs, hands and feet with tremendous force. It is easier to […]
Part 2 of a Six-Part Series on Using Kata (or Form) For Martial Arts Development
In the classical school, we should have processes in place to train normal people to be able to do unique and powerful things. These skills should be centered on martial abilities and not dance or gymnastic abilities…and these should not be […]
