Time to wake up. Let's talk about kata...after you watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2CPgywwQQI
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This is very similar to what was done at the first Judo Show World Cup in
Malta, 2 years ago. We had to become "Malta's Got Talent" judges to pick
the winner. Very clever stuff to do if you are training 6 days a week and
getting bored. My ageing body is having trouble with koshiki-no-kata.
Certainly parts of it could be useful. I need more time to evaluate it
though.

Rod

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Time to wake up. Let's talk about kata...after you watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2CPgywwQQI
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Interesting -- and I think there are some good teaching tools there, especially in the first sequence. I sometimes have students practice a technique at half-speed, or one-third. My idea is that the only way to do a technique in super-slo-mo is to do it smoothly and with perfect balance. When you practice a thing smoothly and with perfect balance, speed comes naturally, without thinking about speed. If, on the other hand, you strive for speed, you get jerky, lose your balance, telegraph the technique, and may even have to resort to "terminal Judo".

Just raggin' you, Gerald; I know that's not what you mean by "terminal Judo" -- but I DID, for a long time, misunderstand what you were actually saying; though I continue to believe that it's better Judo to remain standing if the throw isn't sutemi-waza. Quite certainly it's better fighting, and I think it's better shiai too, and promotes improvement in technique.

Anyway, to me the things they do in this video look like good teaching/learning tools, which is what kata are supposed to be.

-- Carl
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On 5/30/2011 10:42 PM, Gerald Lafon wrote:
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Or in the same vain this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JXK6a7zI6s&NR=1

I enjoyed it as a demonstration of technique in a different format.
Kata, yes it definitely is. If it was used in kata competition it
would certainly be more entertaining ;-) Although with the same flaws
as most of the current kata competition. Sorry, my thinking of kata
is more in line with Draeger, kata should be real, with intent to do
real technique at speed, not the choreographed dance most of it has
turned into.

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Gerald - Kata and backward shaping?

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Time to wake up. Let's talk about kata...after you watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2CPgywwQQI
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I enjoyed that

Richard Porro

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Interesting -- and I think there are some good teaching tools there,
especially in the first sequence. I sometimes have students practice a
technique at half-speed, or one-third. My idea is that the only way to do a
technique in super-slo-mo is to do it smoothly and with perfect balance.
When you practice a thing smoothly and with perfect balance, speed comes
naturally, without thinking about speed. If, on the other hand, you strive
for speed, you get jerky, lose your balance, telegraph the technique, and
may even have to resort to "terminal Judo".

Just raggin' you, Gerald; I know that's not what you mean by "terminal Judo"
-- but I DID, for a long time, misunderstand what you were actually saying;
though I continue to believe that it's better Judo to remain standing if the
throw isn't sutemi-waza. Quite certainly it's better fighting, and I think
it's better shiai too, and promotes improvement in technique.

Anyway, to me the things they do in this video look like good
teaching/learning tools, which is what kata are supposed to be.

-- Carl
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On May 31, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Richard Porro wrote:

> I enjoyed that
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> Richard Porro


What did you enjoy? Carl raggin' on me or the video? :-)

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Maybe shouldn't reply since can't see video on iPhone, but here's fodder for talk: Ronald emphasizes technique & kata, directs students to sensei Leonard Carter , usja club nearby for competitor training. One day sensei carter commented that kata was making them too slow. Attendance dismal at ronald's judo classes since! His largest usja club now is primarily jujitsu! Maybe these mostly- military guys are going all-competition before they have solid background? Or, maybe a lot of them shipped out at about that time. What do you guys think about this? Is kata a hindrance to competing? I would expect that kata would give a competitor good instincts to react in competition. But, sensei Carter has trained a lot of successful competitors. More than one way to skin a cat?

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> Or in the same vain this.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JXK6a7zI6s&NR=1
>
> I enjoyed it as a demonstration of technique in a different format. Kata, yes it definitely is. If it was used in kata competition it would certainly be more entertaining ;-) Although with the same flaws as most of the current kata competition. Sorry, my thinking of kata is more in line with Draeger, kata should be real, with intent to do real technique at speed, not the choreographed dance most of it has turned into.
>
> Mike


Thanks for sharing that video. A few comments.

These modern katas are crowd-pleasers and require a lot of athletic ability. Who needs tai chi when you can do Judo in slow mo? While these katas are used to attract people to Judo, they also convey some dynamic technical principles if you look at them with an open mind.

This is what a 7th and 6th dan should look like.
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What did you enjoy? Carl raggin' on me or the video? :-)

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