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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16386
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:38 am Post subject: |
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bushido_man96 wrote: |
I've done it before, but don't care for the practice. Balance gets harder because we rely so much on what we can see in our kinesthetic awareness. Take away one of the senses, and things get a lot tougher. |
That right there...is why we do kata with our eyes closed as often as we do kata with our eyes open. It's that awareness that we take for granted. Especially when one of the senses, in this case, sight, are taken away. It's true, things get tougher, but the other senses make up for it.
Your movements are much more to the point, and wasted movements become things of the past. Adapt and conquer, I say!!
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The Pred
Green Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2003
Posts: 385
Styles: Goju Ryu
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:24 am Post subject: |
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A fun game is to do the kaya with your eyes closed and try to end up facing the right direction. |
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16386
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:28 am Post subject: |
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The Pred wrote: |
A fun game is to do the kaya with your eyes closed and try to end up facing the right direction. |
By all means!!
I get a kick out of just how far they are from when they ended the kata, to where they started the kata; not even close.
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LLLEARNER
Brown Belt
Joined: 10 Feb 2016
Posts: 687
Location: Central Maine
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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I have an idea of what my future mobility looks like. I figure if I practice with some sensory deprivation I might help out later on. _________________ "Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know." ~ Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens." ~ Jigaro Kano |
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DWx
Black Belt
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 6455
Location: UK
Styles: Tae Kwon Do & Yang family Tai Chi
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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We've done it before a few times, usually as a fun exercise rather than serious training tool. Have also done kata in reverse or as a mirror image. _________________ "Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~ Confucius |
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LLLEARNER
Brown Belt
Joined: 10 Feb 2016
Posts: 687
Location: Central Maine
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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Try Kata in a pool _________________ "Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know." ~ Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens." ~ Jigaro Kano |
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JR 137
Black Belt
Joined: 10 May 2015
Posts: 2442
Location: In the dojo
Styles: Seido Juku
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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We also do what we call ura kata - a 360 spin before every forward step. Apparently it used to be a Mas Oyama training tool and not part of any official syllabus, but a lot of Kyokushin schools and their offshoots have made it part of their syllabi. Seido Juku included in the dan ranks for kyu kata.
It's a good way to change things up, but I'm not a fan of making it a formal requirement and testing students on it. |
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JR 137
Black Belt
Joined: 10 May 2015
Posts: 2442
Location: In the dojo
Styles: Seido Juku
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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LLLEARNER wrote: |
Try Kata in a pool |
I like doing that.
And stretching in the pool. I can get splits (if that's what we're calling them ) a lot deeper. |
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singularity6
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2017
Posts: 958
Location: Michigan
Styles: Jidokwan Taekwondo and Hapkido, Yoshokai Aikido, ZNIR Iaido, Kendo
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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JR 137 wrote: |
LLLEARNER wrote: |
Try Kata in a pool |
I like doing that.
And stretching in the pool. I can get splits (if that's what we're calling them ) a lot deeper. |
Kata and the splits in a pool. Sounds like a hoot! _________________ 5th Geup Jidokwan Tae Kwon Do/Hap Ki Do
(Never officially tested in aikido, iaido or kendo) |
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JR 137
Black Belt
Joined: 10 May 2015
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Location: In the dojo
Styles: Seido Juku
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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singularity6 wrote: |
JR 137 wrote: |
LLLEARNER wrote: |
Try Kata in a pool |
I like doing that.
And stretching in the pool. I can get splits (if that's what we're calling them ) a lot deeper. |
Kata and the splits in a pool. Sounds like a hoot! |
Try doing kata or anything else MA in the ocean. Waves do funny things to your balance.
Edit: I'd imagine it's not too easy to get to the ocean if you live in Michigan. Motivation for a vacation? |
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