My opinion is that learning the correct rythm to a series of Kata helps to fuse the mind and body together. This ofcourse flows onto, and improves other aspects of karate.
I do believe Kata can help in kumite, even the very basic Taikyoku's foot work particularly in the turns can be applied in some way in almost every sparring session. Kata simply bings together basic techniques and demonstrates them in a practical application. As Sosai said: Think of karate as a language, the basic techniques can be thought of as letters of an alphabet, the kata will be thought of as words and sentances; the kumite will be thought of as conversations.
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