Comments on: Kata Ichi Go

By: RickMatz

RickMatz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:10:13 +0000

There's an article at KyuRyu AikiBudo on the classical Japanese saying:

ichi go, ichi e:

http://tomikiaikido.blogspot.com/2009/11/ichi-g...

By: RickMatz

RickMatz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:10:13 +0000

There's an article at KyuRyu AikiBudo on the classical Japanese saying:

ichi go, ichi e:

http://tomikiaikido.blogspot.com/2009/11/ichi-g...

By: Matt__A

Matt__A — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:45:30 +0000

Sue – yes I think that is fair to say. Of course this kind of mindset and practice can also lead to more/better bunkai just by its nature, so it goes both ways a little.

By: SueC

SueC — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:21:37 +0000

Great post Matt. Presumably you get a lot more out of this exercise if you have a reasonable understanding of the bunkai for the kata?

By: Matt__A

Matt__A — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:20:47 +0000

That's a very good question – keep me posted if you write up a blog post about a similar alternative.

By: Matt__A

Matt__A — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:20:13 +0000

Not at all Marc – that's a great post you wrote up there. Thanks for sharing it!

By: Neal Martin

Neal Martin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:56:10 +0000

Excellent post, Matt. I have never thought of practicing kata the way you described, as a one time deal. I can see how that would add a great sense of focus and urgency to the movements. Thanks for that.

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