Topic: what is my kata??

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

i remember gwyn was saying if you are fast you should do enpi, if you are big you should do jion, i notice i am not the quickess and not the strongest, which one should i choose or does it not matter because my second dan grading as ages away??

[Huw]

Empi requires knee and ankle flexibility and good speed.

Jitte (Jion is a Shodan kata) suits big people very nicely.

Hangetsu requires strength and concentration.

If I had to pick one for you I'd choose Empi. Should suit you just fine.

[JimmyTheHoover]

Major plus point for Enpi IMO is that as it's more or less the "expected" NIdan Kata - you won't be up on your own performing it and subject to aditional scrutiny - which is what tends to happen when you pick a differenet Kata.....

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

looks like enpi is the one

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

i can end where up started in jitte, going to do it with jion soon, i liek those to kata but i dont like the 3rd one we do coz its way to long and in my mind there is too many maths going on

[JimmyTheHoover]

i can end where up started in jitte, going to do it with jion soon, i liek those to kata but i dont like the 3rd one we do coz its way to long and in my mind there is too many maths going on

.then you're probably not doing the Kata properly with "intent" and application.....

...almost anyone can "£walk" through a kata and end up on or near the starting point....

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

oh gimi a chance jimmy, i am learning

[JimmyTheHoover]

oh gimi a chance jimmy, i am learning

LOL - glad to hear it - that's a good starting point - BTW my Sandan Grading Kata - Bassai Sho - I ended up about 5 foot from where I started - so don't feel too bad 

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

i was practicing in school today and i was getting the hang of my breathing, (im asthmatic) and it did help

[JimmyTheHoover]

i was practicing in school today and i was getting the hang of my breathing, (im asthmatic) and it did help

Practice is the key - but you need some genuine "intent" on each move....

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

sometime i do feel i am using my muscle to gerate power which make me slow, i am trying to do it without my muscle, i couldn't do it i need to get my kata sorted coz my kata is poo, im good at looking good but not looking good in a kata

[JimmyTheHoover]

sometime i do feel i am using my muscle to gerate power which make me slow, i am trying to do it without my muscle, i couldn't do it i need to get my kata sorted coz my kata is poo, im good at looking good but not looking good in a kata

Work on stance - don't worry about the arms....

[Emma]

BTW my Sandan Grading Kata - Bassai Sho - I ended up about 5 foot from where I started - so don't feel too bad 

How important is it in Kata to finish at the same point as where you started?Is it more important to do so in certain Kata?

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

i heard every kata start n end at the same place, and the ref can take mark off you if you don't so ish important, but not sure though

[JimmyTheHoover]

You should end up as close to your starting point in all Shotokan Kata - although in some Kata this can be quite interesting - ask Gwyn to show you Chinte  - and you are allowed a small amount of leeway in competiotion but it's inches as opposed to feet..........