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Kata Quotes by Gichin Funakoshi
- In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill…
- Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the sequence…
- A student well versed in even one technique will naturally see corresponding points in other techniques. A upper level punch, a lower punch, a front…
- Hoping to see karate included in the universal physical education taught in our public schools, I set about revising the kata so as to make…
- In karate, hitting, thrusting, and kicking are not the only methods, throwing techniques and pressure against joints are included … all these techniques should be…
- To practice kata is not to memorize an order. Find the katas that work for you, understand them, digest them & stick with them for…
- There is no place in contemporary Karate-do for different schools. Some instructors, I know, claim to have invented new and unusual kata, and so they…
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- In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert… — Gichin Funakoshi
- Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of… — Gichin Funakoshi
- A student well versed in even one technique will naturally see corresponding points in other techniques. A upper level punch, a lower… — Gichin Funakoshi
- Hoping to see karate included in the universal physical education taught in our public schools, I set about revising the kata so… — Gichin Funakoshi
- In karate, hitting, thrusting, and kicking are not the only methods, throwing techniques and pressure against joints are included … all these… — Gichin Funakoshi
- To practice kata is not to memorize an order. Find the katas that work for you, understand them, digest them & stick… — Gichin Funakoshi
- There is no place in contemporary Karate-do for different schools. Some instructors, I know, claim to have invented new and unusual kata,… — Gichin Funakoshi
- Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement. — Shoshin Nagamine
- A kata is not fixed or immoveable. Like water, it's ever changing and fits itself to the shape of the vessel containing… — Kenwa Mabuni
- Do not fall into the trap of thinking that just because a kata begins to the left that the opponent is attacking… — Kenwa Mabuni
- The meaning of the directions in kata is not well understood, and frequently mistakes are made in the interpretation of kata movements.… — Kenwa Mabuni
- Even in the forty years that I have been practicing Karate, the changes have been many. It would be interesting to be… — Shigeru Egami