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**Irravepem** · 09-04-2010, 04:27 AM

We're open to practically day 1 beginners coming to kata, but that's because they go through the kihon-keiko-ho [new ones]. Having a separate kata session allows the beginners two hours of solid tuition, without the distraction of the guys in armour screaming and shouting. There's more time to focus on the posture, footwork, cutting etc. than getting the job done so they can rotate. However, we don't get a huge take up from beginners to come to the session as it's in a different location, but for those that have you can see a marked improvement on a Wednesday night.

We've also started to use the new katas as a full routine in armour. It get's you through most of the wazas and makes you think a bit more about how you're going to achieve kote-suriage-men if you haven't stepped in and offered the kote in the first place. It's really starting to resonate with some aspects of seme we were shown at a grading seminar last year.

09-04-2010, 04:27 AM	#22
Irravepem Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 443 Senior Member	We're open to practically day 1 beginners coming to kata, but that's because they go through the kihon-keiko-ho [new ones]. Having a separate kata session allows the beginners two hours of solid tuition, without the distraction of the guys in armour screaming and shouting. There's more time to focus on the posture, footwork, cutting etc. than getting the job done so they can rotate. However, we don't get a huge take up from beginners to come to the session as it's in a different location, but for those that have you can see a marked improvement on a Wednesday night. We've also started to use the new katas as a full routine in armour. It get's you through most of the wazas and makes you think a bit more about how you're going to achieve kote-suriage-men if you haven't stepped in and offered the kote in the first place. It's really starting to resonate with some aspects of seme we were shown at a grading seminar last year.
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