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Kuma-Sensei: Thank you for commenting! I definitely look forward to you working up your thoughts on kata.

Oldman: Great angle, I had never put Maslow’s hierarchy into the mix before.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.ikigaiway.com/2009/kata-in-the-realm-of-physical-fitness-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-12023 Matthew Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:54:00 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=623#comment-12023 Noah: Good point. The practitioner really does make it or break it. Kata is a really pure example of getting out as much as you put in. Kuma-Sensei: Thank you for commenting! I definitely look forward to you working up your thoughts on kata. Oldman: Great angle, I had never put Maslow's hierarchy into the mix before. Noah: Good point. The practitioner really does make it or break it. Kata is a really pure example of getting out as much as you put in.

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Oldman: Great angle, I had never put Maslow’s hierarchy into the mix before.

]]> By: oldman http://www.ikigaiway.com/2009/kata-in-the-realm-of-physical-fitness-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-2338 oldman Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:02:47 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=623#comment-2338 People will argue the value of kata till they are blue in the face. Most often Kata is maligned because of peoples assumptions about it's lack of efficacy in combat. I would encourage them to consider Maslows hierarchy of needs. The base of Maslow's pyramid is security and safety. Without that being established in a persons life if is very difficult to progress through the natural stages of personal development. Still it is at the bottom. At the top of the pyramid humans aspire to meaning ad purpose. It would be foolish and a waste of energy to expend more energy and time than was necessary to meet a need and even more wasteful to continue on focus on a practice that meets a need that is already met. I think it is safe to say that the compelling reasons to continue the practice of kata and bunkai supersede it's efficacy. As an art form kata rescues the beauty of combat from the chaos of brutality and war. The value of a system and an art form is multileveled. The practice of an art or system based on combat allow for both the recording, recognition and recovery from the experience of violence that happens to us and also the violence and conflict that originates in us. Kata is so much more that people generally assume. It is a puzzle. It is a Practice in paradox. It is a forge to strengthen us. It is a mirror that reflects who we really are. It is the the practice of fighting which is the most "Alive". Alive because as Matt Thornton would say it is about his art "It Is a form of Yoga. "Alive" because you are facing off against the most deceptive and subtle of opponents, your self. It is a complex physical and mental task that provides challenges for us on many levels as part of a lifelong learning process. It grounds us within a particular martial history and a community of people dedicated to the well being of each others minds, bodies and spirits. It is in fact, “the way one behaves”. So, if a person is choosing a method of self defense it is essential that the person understand which "self" they are intending to defend. People will argue the value of kata till they are blue in the face. Most often Kata is maligned because of peoples assumptions about it’s lack of efficacy in combat. I would encourage them to consider Maslows hierarchy of needs. The base of Maslow’s pyramid is security and safety. Without that being established in a persons life if is very difficult to progress through the natural stages of personal development. Still it is at the bottom. At the top of the pyramid humans aspire to meaning ad purpose. It would be foolish and a waste of energy to expend more energy and time than was necessary to meet a need and even more wasteful to continue on focus on a practice that meets a need that is already met.

I think it is safe to say that the compelling reasons to continue the practice of kata and bunkai supersede it’s efficacy. As an art form kata rescues the beauty of combat from the chaos of brutality and war. The value of a system and an art form is multileveled. The practice of an art or system based on combat allow for both the recording, recognition and recovery from the experience of violence that happens to us and also the violence and conflict that originates in us.

Kata is so much more that people generally assume. It is a puzzle. It is a Practice in paradox. It is a forge to strengthen us. It is a mirror that reflects who we really are. It is the the practice of fighting which is the most “Alive”. Alive because as Matt Thornton would say it is about his art “It Is a form of Yoga. “Alive” because you are facing off against the most deceptive and subtle of opponents, your self. It is a complex physical and mental task that provides challenges for us on many levels as part of a lifelong learning process. It grounds us within a particular martial history and a community of people dedicated to the well being of each others minds, bodies and spirits. It is in fact, “the way one behaves”.

So, if a person is choosing a method of self defense it is essential that the person understand which “self” they are intending to defend.

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