I don't think that kata is really usefull for fighting. Maybe is because I'm not in a high level in kyokushin. I've trained TKD, but poonse (kata in TKD) are not as complex as katas are in kyokushin...and honestly poonse are kind of silly. I've trained Muay Thai for like 10 years.....and there are no katas there. Maybe when I'm more experienced in kyokushin I'll understand some hidden tecniques inside the katas.
But despite of the lack of fighting use of kata, I actually like it very much. The coordination, the speed, the power of the tecniques....all of that really atract me. Kata is one of the reasons I quit muay thai and started kyokushin (wich I wanted to practice since I was 10 years old...but did not have the opportunity).
I like katas the way they are in kyokushin....traditional ones....."martial ones"...but those "dance katas" that I see in some "american karate competitions" in ESPN are just bad...It looks like gynastics.....it's just horrible.
Last edited by Dent; 08-01-2008 at 01:12 AM.
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