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- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Path: sparky!uunet!srg!spica!dpipes
- From: dpipes@spica.srg (Dave Pipes x4552)
- Subject: Re: Forms or Kata
- Organization: just me
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 15:29:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.152900.21268@srg.srg.af.mil>
- Followup-To: rec.martial-arts
- References: <102591@bu.edu>
- Sender: news@srg.srg.af.mil (Usenet news user)
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- In article <102591@bu.edu> dunger@crsa.bu.edu (David Unger) writes:
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- > The definition of a kata ia as follows:
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- >Apre
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- > A prearranged routine; Aplanned pattern of attack; A way
- >of organizing techniques into a logical pattern so as to better learn
- >the techniques and make a statement about your art; A formal dance.
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- You forgot "a good aerobic workout; a means of learning new techniques;
- a means of understanding the basis of a particular set of techniques".
- All of these are important too.
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- David Pipes
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