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Post by jimlukelkc on Aug 22, 2012 14:06:57 GMT
Had an interesting point raised in class the other night and I wondered if anyone else approaches bunkai this way? We had a visiting student from another association( J.K.A. break-away) who was asking what specific attack the bunkai I was teaching was meant to be countering? They had been taught that your opponent does this and this part of kata X teaches this counter. It took me a while to make them understand that if that was the case, given the innumerable ways you could be attacked, we would have to teach innumerable counters. In moments of stress it would be impossible to recall the appropriate counter. They then said that surely that makes kata limited in usefulness ? My response was to use the move from kata to counter many different scenario. Surely that is the value of kata? We drill the moves to ingrain them. They can then be used, without alteration for many different threats. If we say that the opening move from kata Y is to counter a grab from behind but that is all , then that is too specific surely?
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Post by th0mas on Aug 22, 2012 19:55:29 GMT
Although I totally agree, I would take it a step further than "one movement multiple applications"...
I think the kata should be viewed as a library of lessons with some techniques to provide examples to demonstrate the points. The Kata becomes a reference library from which you can teach you combat principles and which the student can then apply to a broad range of combat situations.
Only focusing on specific techniques is a little like rote learning, and really misses the point of kata. Rote teaching is a very out-moded learning method in modern educational circles.. mainly because you never learn how to apply what you have been taught outside of the very narrow situation the lesson has been structured around ...
For example if you look at Tekki Shodan, one of the key principles is to strive to move to the outside of your opponent; By shifting to the outside of your opponent, not only do you gain tactical advantage when dominating your opponent you also maintain dominance through applying mechanical advantage via grabs, pulls and locks.
Tekki Shodan then goes on to show some examples of how that is applied...
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Post by th0mas on Aug 23, 2012 7:41:32 GMT
oh..and another thing.
If your bunkai is only focussed on reactive counter measures to specific attacks, you miss an essential lesson; be pre-emtive, first capture then control then dominate....
Action always beats re-action.
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Post by jimlukelkc on Aug 23, 2012 21:04:56 GMT
Exactly! I am dismayed that this stuff is still being peddled. It is outmoded and patently wrong!
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Post by th0mas on Aug 24, 2012 12:10:55 GMT
it's great preaching to the converted
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