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cheesefrysamurai
Purple Belt
Joined: 06 Mar 2013
Posts: 502
Location: New Jersey
Styles: Okinawan Goju Ryu
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 Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:50 pm Post subject: How often do you practice Kata? |
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I am wondering how often you guys (and gals) run through your kata and kihon.
do you warm up and make a training session out of it throughout the week or just run through the motions when you can?
How helpful is training in front of a mirror?
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Cobra_Kai
Yellow Belt
Joined: 22 Feb 2013
Posts: 46
Location: Virginia
Styles: American Freestyle Karate, Tae Kwon Do
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I go through all my katas at least once a day, gotta get that muscle memory down.
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RJCKarate
Orange Belt
Joined: 19 Jun 2006
Posts: 103
Location: Australia
Styles: Matsubayashiryu Karatedo Kobujutsu, Yamaneryu Kobudo
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| Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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I practice kata and kihon every day. I also teach it every lesson at my dojo.
Mirrors are useful, but I actually watched someone perform a kata once with their head tilted a certain way, because they always looked in a mirror when practicing.
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JasonW
White Belt
Joined: 01 Mar 2013
Posts: 20
Location: Michigan
Styles: Isshin Ryu
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:34 am Post subject: |
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I practice daily. I stretch every morning. I go through katas before I leave for work, when I get to work before I punch in, on my lunch break, when I get home from work, and various times throughout the evening. If I'm watching TV commercials are a great time to run through katas, when I'm cooking, if I'm waiting I'm either stretching or going through kata. Sometimes if I find myself in a bathroom in a store or restaurant and I have enough room and nobody is around. For me the only questions are 1, do I have room. 2, do I have time?
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Harkon72
Black Belt
Joined: 27 Aug 2012
Posts: 1875
Location: Wales
Styles: Okinawan Karate, Aikido, Ninpo.
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I practice Kata and Kihon every other day. I go to the gym twice a week and practice with my Sensei every friday night. I try and get a couple of runs in every week too.
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FangPwnsAll7
Green Belt
Joined: 11 Jul 2012
Posts: 377
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Styles: Tang Soo Do
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:01 am Post subject: |
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I practice it at home but my dojo practices it once a week...
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30188
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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It just depends. Right now, I'll do some easy walk-throughs at times while at home. At class, I'll do some prior to starting for warmups. Sometimes, if I work the afternoon shifts, I'll spend an hour a day or every other day working hard on forms.
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The Greatest Disciple
Yellow Belt
Joined: 29 Jan 2013
Posts: 37
Location: Joplin, MO
Styles: Wright's Kempo-Goju, Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu, Judo
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I know 22 kata, and I practice them all once a day when I wake up. 
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Harlan
Orange Belt
Joined: 30 Aug 2004
Posts: 171
Location: Massachusetts
Styles: Goju Ryu, Matayoshi kobudo, beginner
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I didn't have access to a mirror for years, and belatedly realize it could have benefitted me/given good feedback.
As for forms, I practice daily, but only run through a complete set of forms during a two hour class. Daily practice usually starts as a run through forms, but I basically use it as a minder function...I stop and focus where I know I need to work on something in particular.
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Wastelander
KF Sensei
Joined: 18 Oct 2010
Posts: 2733
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Styles: Shorin-Ryu, Shuri-Ryu, Judo, KishimotoDi
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I practice at least some of my kata every single day--typically, I try to get through Naihanchi, Passai, and Kusanku. Although it may not be as efficient, I just practice things as the mood strikes me throughout the day, rather than setting aside time specifically to practice and make a workout out of it. My kihon I do practice outside of class, but not on any sort of regular basis--I help with 3-6 basic classes per week, and I get extra kihon practice at that time.
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on the post.
