Ivan
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I've always considered katas and forms an exercise used not only to improve technique but to focus. That is, not to concentrate on what you feel, but to concentrate on your breathing, technique, and relax at the same time. Like a form of meditation.
Whenever I practice a form, I either concentrate on executing it as best as possible or/and imagining an opponent to which I am applying the techniques to. This is standard teaching as far as I am aware.
But different forms of art are all supposed to be expressions of emotion. We've all heard Bruce Lee's signature
"don't think, feel" but I always associated it with sparring and fighting: don't think about what you're doing or going to do, feel it. But does this apply to forms/kata?
Whenever I practice a form, I either concentrate on executing it as best as possible or/and imagining an opponent to which I am applying the techniques to. This is standard teaching as far as I am aware.
But different forms of art are all supposed to be expressions of emotion. We've all heard Bruce Lee's signature
"don't think, feel" but I always associated it with sparring and fighting: don't think about what you're doing or going to do, feel it. But does this apply to forms/kata?
- Am I supposed to be mindful of how the kata makes me feel, and am I supposed to express this?
- Or am I to relate the kata to personal meanings and express them through its practice?