I first
heard the term mekata in a conversation
I was having with George Donahue (Kashiba
Juju)
back in the early 1990’s.
back in the early 1990’s.
The definition he gave was the use of kata for eye
candy.
Kata to look good.
That definition makes sense when considering this context.
August 8, 2014
空手と琉球舞踊の関係については、空手関連の本でもよく言及されてきましたが、琉球王国時代には、文字通り空手と琉球舞踊が融合した「舞方（メーカタ）」と呼ばれるジャンルが存在していました。上原先生も本部朝勇先生の舞方（按司方の舞方）を見たことがあったそうです。残念ながら舞方に興味を抱く空手研究者は少ないようです。しかし、舞方は空手史の解明にとってとても重要です。
The
relationship between karate and Ryukyuan classical dance (ryūkyū buyō) has been
often mentioned in the books of karate. In the era of the Ryukyu Kingdom, there
was actually a genre called mēkata
that was a blend of karate and Ryukyuan classical dance. It seems that Uehara
sensei also saw Motobu Choyu sensei's mēkata (Aji-kata no mēkata).
Unfortunately, it seems that very few karate researchers are interest in mēkata, but mēkata is very important for the solution of the history of karate.
More by
George Donahue on the FightingArts.com
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