I
was just reading an article from the HUE Journal of Humanities, Social and
Natural Sciences, Vol. 22 No. 2, September 2019. It was titled ‘Talking with
the Senior Practitioners of the Martial Arts: Hiroshi Kinjo’ ,written by
Masatosho Taya and translated by Mark Tankosich.
Hiroshi
Kinjo began his studies in school in 2nd grade and then continued
for a lifetime. His training was in the the art created by Anko Itosu Semsei,
studied with Hanshiro Chomo Sensei. The art of karate 
as
combat technique-based physical education.
as
combat technique-based physical education.
In
particular this section caught my eye:
Q” Is there a
difference between kata now and kata in the old days?
“They’re
completely different. In the old days, kata,
were done faster than they are now. That’s because you didn’t adjust the [execution
of ] techniques to your breathing, you adjusted it to the opponent’s timing . Because
with kata, if you’re not conscious of
the opponent, it not [really] kata
you know? Tuned in to the opponent’s timing, after you knocked [his opponent’s
timing] away in a flash, you’d immediately throw a punch. If you set up
climatic places [in the kata], like
[people do] now, it was considered no good.”
That
change which occurred in so many karate systems, makes the question of the kata
being traditional a question to consider anew.
No comments:
Post a Comment