Tetsujin
Yellow Belt
Yeah I know it's not ideal, but please hear me out before just telling me to go find an instructor. I'm not new to karate or to sai (shodan/10yrs exp.). I've received instruction in sai, and have a reasonable level of proficiency with basic techniques and a handful of sai kata (though they are mostly sai translations of empty hand kata).
The dojo where I'm now doing most of my training doesn't teach weapons, but it's a small branch school of an organisation that does, and they've released a DVD containing Chatanyara No Sai (in high resolution and from multiple angles). It's an impressive and fun-looking kata, and with my current skill level it would be a terrible waste not to at least give it a go.
I've learnt the pattern and can follow the stances and techniques being performed, but there are bound to be aspects to those techniques which I won't be picking up from the video. (I may be able to get some assistance from the instructor at another branch school I sometimes train at, but if so it will be from someone for whom English is a second language anyway.)
So what are some tips for peforming this kata well? What things should I be aware of which I might not otherwise pick up on? Any useful pointers from those who practice this kata?
(Here's a clip of the kata I'm talking about, though this is not the video I'm learning from:
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The dojo where I'm now doing most of my training doesn't teach weapons, but it's a small branch school of an organisation that does, and they've released a DVD containing Chatanyara No Sai (in high resolution and from multiple angles). It's an impressive and fun-looking kata, and with my current skill level it would be a terrible waste not to at least give it a go.
I've learnt the pattern and can follow the stances and techniques being performed, but there are bound to be aspects to those techniques which I won't be picking up from the video. (I may be able to get some assistance from the instructor at another branch school I sometimes train at, but if so it will be from someone for whom English is a second language anyway.)
So what are some tips for peforming this kata well? What things should I be aware of which I might not otherwise pick up on? Any useful pointers from those who practice this kata?
(Here's a clip of the kata I'm talking about, though this is not the video I'm learning from:
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