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by omote
Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:33 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Changes in kata
Replies: 39
Views: 29908

Re: Changes in kata

All, Thanks for the responses. It is obvious I should have been more clear on examples, and also my position on the matter. I for one could care less if Chinto begins with Kokutsu dachi per Suzuki sensei & Wado Renmei, or "parallel stance" per JKF/Wado-kai and the Shitei gata. Or if we...
by omote
Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:41 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Changes in kata
Replies: 39
Views: 29908

Changes in kata

Greetings all, Having seen this topic discussed in hundreds of threads around the net for years, I thought I would bring it to the forefront for a moment. While at a training recently, the issue of a kata movement being modified by someone came up. The requisite lecture of "kata must never be c...
by omote
Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:17 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Balancing it all
Replies: 15
Views: 14477

Re: Balancing it all

jacob wrote:How do you guy's manage to do it??? I find it hard to find a balance between Family, Work and Training....... Any tips ???
Do what I did, find a wife in the dojo. When the kids come, make them train too.

My wife calls it the "family curse".

Omote
by omote
Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:34 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: syllabus differences
Replies: 51
Views: 43824

Re: syllabus differences

Repetition - being a major factor in absorbing Japanese martial arts - tends to have its pitfalls too so what is particularly interesting for me is whether the first two steps (sic') are always utilised by torimi or just used to get to the third. oneya I have always watched for this too. At a surfac...