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Originally Posted by Chiron
Most katas are a waste of time. They don't teach muscle memory well. Look at the mechanics of most katas and they don't mimic how you actually move and execute in a fight.
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I always felt that when I consistently practice my forms, everything I do is stronger. I don't know why; perhaps it's mental.
However, there seems to be something to the muscle memory notion at least in this way: when we do regular kicking, on targets, it is easy to shortcut technique, if only for the sake of speed or for efficacy of the situation. A form can let you strive to practice the mechanics in a solo situation, even sans a target, in the ideal, perfect manner. Just a thought, from my experience. I always feel my kicks are better when I practice my patterns consistently, and we might throw hundreds of kicks to targets and bodies in some classes, so we do get kicking practice in.
But, like I said, maybe it's mental, and maybe for me it's just tweaking technique.
Interestingly, some of my favorite solo practice is to alternate work/rest rounds of working kicks and punches on the Muay Thai style heavy bag with performing a pattern or two as the "break."
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Originally Posted by kuri
I don't think JVer is demeaning anyone's art here
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Really?
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Originally Posted by kuri
and I understand what he's getting at.
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So do I, and I don't necessarily undervalue it. (For that matter, it's what all three of you California guys are getting at; I wonder what that means?
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