So lets talk about this. Why do you suppose Shiomitsu Sensei said 'the wado kata we already have is where we measure any progress'?oneya wrote:As your guvnor once gently reminded me Gordon this is a very long process though. All that stretching, smoothing and shaping our physical self to be more encompassing when working for that fluid and seamless motion in the process of wado ryu takes a while. If I remember rightly he said: the wado kata we already have is where we measure any progress. What is frustrating (to me) is the mind is apt to take longer than the physical body to change.wadoka wrote: wadoizing ourselves first is the priority.
I doubt I could find time to take on new kata.
oneya
Many don't appreciate why we do solo kata in Wado ryu. That's why they want to go beyond the 9.
Why do we need more kata? What are these people doing who think we need more kata? They are clueless.
We don't do kata in Wado to accumulate more bunkai. That's what Okinawans do.
We do kata in Wado to figure out how to move. How many kata do you need for that? Even 9 is too many.
How to move is a lifetime's work of study.
There are only two reasons I can think of for a higher dan to encourage their students to learn more kata.
1) So they can be competitive in competition (yes I think this is important for all karate people at some point in their career).
2) To better appreciate the kata of other styles for historical or technical purposes.
3) To pass the JKF black belt exam or your country's National black belt exam if so required.
But for the Wadoka who are engaged in studying just Wado, asking for more than 9 means you are clueless.
Yes I do bassai of shitoryu (see 2 and 3), yes I used to do nipaipo and suparimpei (see 1). But number 1 is no longer a concern of mine and right now I am not so interested in number 2. To study Wado for the sake of Wado only 9 is necessary.
It's one thing to put in Unsu or Suparimpei because we arguably had it at one time before Otsuka Sensei tossed it in the bin but to add Annan to the Wado list....I don't get it.