kata

[powerof0ne]

Just wondering how often some of you spend on teaching kata per week?

Right now I dedicate one day a week to kata and kihon. Spent a good part of class going over pinan sono ichi and was surprised most of them got the motions and pattern down.
Osu!

[MMX]

That is probably about what we do too. Sometimes we go almost 2 weeks with out dedicated Kata sessions.

[GJEC]

We do a bit most nights. Varies according to my mood and who's there.

I try to keep things 'the same but different' i.e. the same things most nights but manipulate the time and intensity so the students never know quite what to expect ...

Gary

[senshido]

very similar to Gary for me

[yoshukai]

We cover kata almost every class. Personally I would like to work more on the pads and ido geiko more than kata every class.

I hate to say it, but most dojo's in our organization are very kata focused.

[MMX]

You guys do have a lot of Kata to go over though don't you Yoshukai?

[havamal]

When I actually walk my own talk,
to do kata everyday or none at all
then I will know what to say

[GJEC]

I'm lost there

Gary

[seattle]

I try to spend at least 10 min a class on kata. Much like most, it depends on who is in class, when is the next grading, etc.

[powerof0ne]

I think I'll probably cut down on the hour to two hours I spend on kata instruction a week here soon. I just wanted to get total beginners a bit caught up and I already have them working on taikyoku sono ichi through san and pinan sono ichi. The next kata I'll probably go over but won't require on any grading (in the near future) will be sanchin and then pinan sono ni.

I feel sanchin (and similar kata like tensho, etc.) a karateka can spend a life time on practicing for a myriad of benefits. I also want to expose them to the more "circular" and ibuki use in kata that are quite different then the shuri te lineage kata (pinan, kanku, etc.).
Osu!

[evergrey]

Not an instructor (except that one time when Sensei had to work, and occasionally I'll teach a bit to a white belt about doing one of the Taikyoku, but we're pretty light on kata. They are a part of our ranking requirements, and seen as important, but most classes we do not work on them. Maybe once a month, until it gets closer to ranking time, or when the class is really small or the instructors have to leave early. Closer to ranking time, we do kata 4 or 5 classes a month I'd say. For the most part, we're expected to learn our kata in class and then practice them on our own time at home. Most days are kihon and kumite, but Shihan likes to mix it up, and we never know what's in store for us.

[yoshukai]

May 19, 2011 11:08:18 GMT -5 MMX said:

You guys do have a lot of Kata to go over though don't you Yoshukai?

Yes sir, we sure do. It takes away from the time that can be spent on other areas.

For shodan alone we have 10 open hand kata and 9 weapons kata. When you are preparing for the test, it doesn't leave much room for much else. Our testings are usually very kihon/kata oriented.

[powerof0ne]

May 22, 2011 17:57:13 GMT -5 yoshukai said:

May 19, 2011 11:08:18 GMT -5 MMX said:

You guys do have a lot of Kata to go over though don't you Yoshukai?

Yes sir, we sure do. It takes away from the time that can be spent on other areas.

For shodan alone we have 10 open hand kata and 9 weapons kata. When you are preparing for the test, it doesn't leave much room for much else. Our testings are usually very kihon/kata oriented.

For open hand kata I don't think that's too bad personally for shodan but 9 kobudo kata for shodan seems a bit high for me but it was probably like that for me in shito ryu, too.

The thing I didn't like about the kobudo I was exposed too not much time was really spent on anything but learning the kata. So we didn't go over drills rarely ever with the sai, tonfa...only with the bo did we seem to. At kobudo seminars we would but rarely, almost never in class.

However, I'm at the point with martial arts where I personally feel that after taikyoku and pinan series kata one should maybe only spend time on 5-10 more kata at the most.
Osu!