Ah, dojo to myself again.
Always an opportunity not to be wasted. After a suitable warmup and some dynamic stretches/stance work I decided to go through all the kata we do from beginner to black belt.
After that I revisited the pinans. Instead of doing them separately I joined them together into one long form. Starting with Pinan Shodan (Heian Nidan) - the "real" order of doing them - I included a simple transitional movement between the end of one section and the start of the next.
That was quite a workout. There is so much in the pinan forms if you approach them with the right mindset there's several lifetimes worth of work in them!
The session came to an end with some static stretching and a little mokuso. Ah, the silence!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
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I just wrote a few weeks ago about my kata Pinan NiShoSanYonGodan. I start one and end in a different one lately. They are all running together for me. As of this week, I think I finally straightened them out.
I did the exact same thing at the dojo tonight.
Hi,
Great stuff - the pinan/heian kata are very veratile. We've had a change-around with our curriculum because it was getting too crowded. We've moved this set of kata to the higher grades because we feel they deserve more attention.
I've been studying this set of kata for many years and will continue to do so.
This week for a bit of fun I created a little kata. It's OK for a little exercise :)
Hi,
I quite often use kata as a warm up done very relaxed starting with Heian Shodan working up, going straight from Yoi at the end of one kata straight into the next. By the time you have done 8 to 10 kata the rest of the class are there and it helps me to retain the mid kata that I have a tendancey not to train in very much.
Keep the site going always interested to read your posts
Osu
Hi Selby...
Thanks for your comment and contribution. I find kata are a great way to warm up with. Sanchin and Tensho are two of my favourites. We used the kata in a soft way, without the dynamic tension and heavy breathing. The kata just work their magic :)
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