I'd just like to draw attention to an enthusiastic girl's Wado kata team from Yokohama Yokosuka High School in Kanagawa, Japan, then ask everyone a question...
... their students who want to ... people think kata ... students want to compete ... If you want to compete in kata and win then unfortunately you have to ...
I know of one that has closed in Huntsville, but that is a little out of my driving range, anyways. I've heard of something in Montgomery and several in...
... Bob, I have to ask... Do these very same discussions/arguments happen across the styles. Do the Shotokanies lament the rise of 'performance kata'or does it...
... Do the ... them just ... against 'performance ... Hi Tim, The only person I know in the US who has voiced the same opinion is an Okinawan karate master. I...
Bob, Very interesting and insightful. You seem to have two threads of thought in your post. First, one could create a cadre of judges that were trained not...
... only ... This is a very difficult issue because that would mean that you would have to reeducate everyone because my basic premise is that they do not...
I see what you mean, but I think it's not that hard. If you could get a small group of judges, only maybe five, that you felt had the potential to do what you...
Bob opined: "For me this is what I see. We will always have kata competition and that is good. It is what it is - a performance art. Once the competitor...
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... many, many hours or years practicing and competing with the "performance" version of a kata it is very difficult to get him to unlearn it and relearn it,...
Thanks to everyone who has replied to my post, both on the forum and outside of it to me directly. Bob said makes sense to me pretty much. What I notice here...
... they think a real Wado ... it'd be great to see. ... It is already on my website. The problem is that only the people who know can see it. The others...
Tim, The book "The Heart of Karate-do" has a good section on Shotokan kata as well as the other book on kata that I'm finding fascinating called, "The Hidden...
(this is my fifth attempt to publish my intervention. Hopefully this works out ok, otherwise, I am afraid that I will have to take a retraining in "forum"...
I've uploaded are several Wado kata competition videos from last weekend's 38th JKF Tokyo Athlete Championships, in which several Wado karateka did quite well...
... It is because all the competitors share the same goal, which is scoring points. To score points in the most effective manner you have to let go of the kata...
... Come to think of it.... There may actually be a connection with the recent discussion about (lack of) grappling techniques in wado. If you think of...
Because in competition style you don't go knock your ... be ... Igor, You are not up on the latest WKF rule changes are you? We have a US Olympic Judo coach...
... Really? That sure is an interesting development. I'd love to see how that works out... What's your take on it? Is kumite competition headed in the right ...
You can download the WKF rules from the European karate federation site. And you can buy the Shitai Kata DVD's and books from various sources on line. I...
" Shitai is a corpse. Shitei means mandatory or compulsory. ;)" A portent..? RK ... From: bnashrei To: wadokarate@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008...
 Hello Bob san,  When was this new rules effected? The last time I heard, is that we are allowed to throw but not above the hip, and that the throw must be...
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