Kata Focus

Getting to hang with Sakaida sensei he gave Henry and I a little talk about kata. Took us ahwile to figure out what he was saying with the help of google translate but I got the full idea when I worked with him one on one. What makes a good kata? Of course there are the technical movements but other than that he talked to us about this idea....

SEI-DO-MA-BI-KOKORO

Sei (calm) - Not rushing, focus, the idea of composure.

Do (movement) - When you move, you move strongly with purpose

Ma (Interval) - The idea of distancing and timing, build up and down

Bi (beauty) - the essence of the movement and asthetic appeal

Kokoro (mind/spirit) - the kind of feeling you give off

Next time you are doing kata practice. Think of these ideas.