tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976188836740641439.post6494194538170446258..comments2011-08-31T05:47:59.376-05:00Comments on Isshinryu Journey: Miscellaneous UpdatesFrankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00864581044857425565noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976188836740641439.post-37951197932869869622010-08-10T05:53:35.362-05:002010-08-10T05:53:35.362-05:00Thanks, Ariel! We have eight empty-handed kata, an...Thanks, Ariel! We have eight empty-handed kata, and we have at least two weapons kata. The bo and sai katas. The empty-handed kata are the Seisan, Seiuchin, Naihanchin, Wansu, Chinto, Kusanku, Sunsu, and the Sanchin.<br /><br />Good luck with your workout program! :-)Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00864581044857425565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976188836740641439.post-72581996648644021662010-08-10T00:57:03.824-05:002010-08-10T00:57:03.824-05:00Hey Frank, Sounds like things are going well with ...Hey Frank, Sounds like things are going well with your training and workouts. I'm in the process of figuring out an at home workout routine for myself. So far I'm walking almost two miles 5x a week and shadow sparring in addition to my practice. <br /><br />Good luck with learning your kata! Just how many are there in your style? We have 9 before black belt. Speaking of kata, I need to buckle down and work on mine! Thanks for the reminder...*grumble grumble* ;)Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879451113943978181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976188836740641439.post-51088625167661226692010-08-09T17:22:06.732-05:002010-08-09T17:22:06.732-05:00Well, the bunkai is definitely important, and as I...Well, the bunkai is definitely important, and as I go along, I'm learning a lot of it, but in the case of the Wansu and Chinto katas, I've got to actually learn the katas, first.<br /><br />Interestingly, having recently learned the Seiuchin kata, I fought from that stance in our last sparring session, and did A LOT better, than when I sparred the first time, trying to work from a Seisan/classic boxer's stance.<br /><br />Right now, with the Wansu, I'm only at the most rudimentary level, just trying to nail down the form. :-)Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00864581044857425565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976188836740641439.post-15504769695869600752010-08-09T17:05:16.983-05:002010-08-09T17:05:16.983-05:00Hi, Frank:
You are leaning the movement but what ...Hi, Frank:<br /><br />You are leaning the movement but what about bunkai, etc?<br /><br />There are so many different aspects of kata training and I would want to focus on one kata thoroughly first then all the others would fall into place.<br /><br />What do you think?Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.com