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Seyunchin wrote:
I haven't studied uechi ryu but I have performed and learned some of their Katas at a dojo a few years ago. I forget them now because frankly I didn't like them. That one dojo I visited was so odd, Instead of using the kata's proper name they called them "Basic Kata 1" and so on.
Cup too full.......
Since most of the "proper names" for techniques in karate translate into terms like "block", "punch", "kick", and "Kihon Kata Dai Ichi" while sounding quite profound means "Basic Kata Number One", there is total validity in using the English (or whatever language you like) translations, especially if it means the student understands it. Dojo terminology is very prosaic.
We're there to practice a martial art, not for language lessons. If you were open to what they had to teach you, you would remember their kata and incorporate the relevant parts of them into your own practice. Uechi is very hard and focused, their approach to conditioning is extreme - but people don't get hurt. So there is much to learn from them. I practice kata from many styles, and even teach some of them when I want to emphasise a particualr principle that might not be in a goju kata.
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