twendkata71
Black Belt
After so many years of training, going to seminars, camps and tournaments, and watching kata from the same styles displayed differently. I wonder ,how much each teacher actually was taught by his/her teacher? How much were they taught of the original style? If they were intentionally taught wrong by their Japanese or Okinawan sensei? or if their personal interpretations of the kata are just being represented. Did our teachers change the kata themselves, or where their sensei's version taught to them? Did the teacher in Japan,Okinawa,Korea change the kata?
One of the things that made me bring up this question is, I watched Gogen Yamaguchi Hanshi (Goju kai) and Gosei Yamaguch Soke(Goju kai, his son) perform Suparempei and both did completely different versions. Now if they both came from the same source, how can the kata be so different? Did Yamaguchi Gogen not finish his training with Miyagi Chojun? Did his son go and do more research, learning the more accurate versions?
In my case, I originally learned the Hayashi ha version of suparempei, then later I learned the Goju ryu version and the Shito kai verison. All different, all the same kata.
What are all of your thoughts?
One of the things that made me bring up this question is, I watched Gogen Yamaguchi Hanshi (Goju kai) and Gosei Yamaguch Soke(Goju kai, his son) perform Suparempei and both did completely different versions. Now if they both came from the same source, how can the kata be so different? Did Yamaguchi Gogen not finish his training with Miyagi Chojun? Did his son go and do more research, learning the more accurate versions?
In my case, I originally learned the Hayashi ha version of suparempei, then later I learned the Goju ryu version and the Shito kai verison. All different, all the same kata.
What are all of your thoughts?