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not your average Mcdojo
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Problem is there are lots of cheaters these days, like i read somewhere, 2% martial artists before were fighting to gain 98% of the pie but now 98% are trying to get 2% of the pie, sad but true
. And btw the video looks fast forwarded at the fast parts lol.
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look again, the trees blowing in the background dont speed up....and the timer doesnt change
................... "dont judge the whole world by your own shitty standards"
........................... ~James Albert Keating~Comment
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I checked the timer before but i wasn't saying it was fast forwarded. I meant the quality was bad which made it look fast forwarded, sorry i was in a hurry when i typed that :PComment
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...............................your joking right.Comment
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That takes a long time though. We have a form that is 16-movements in under 4-seconds. Only after a lot of practice can only a few people do that. Even masters, when they get older just cant move that fast. When people are starting out it takes a long time to be able to do the form properly let alone maintain balance, timing, and remember to not watch your hands. Making the forms fast causes a lot of people to do them wrong. It's also harder for a teacher to judge whether its actually being performed as efficiently as possible. Fast forms are nice but that should come a far second to being able to do the form properly.
On the other side of this is every form I have learned, I practice fast and slow. I'll mix up the pace in the middle. I know what I'd have to do if I was being judged, but it makes it easier for me to learn by mixing up the speed and intensity of the forms while practicing. There's a difference between doing a form fast, and a form having to be done fast.Comment
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Hmmmm hard to say whether it was sped up or not. It was EXTREAMLY fast. The jumping front kick seemed to land just a little too quickly for normal gravity.
I did some training with Mr Hokama last year when I visited his dojo in Okinawa. Hes a really nice guy. I told him I was interested in Kobudo so he taught me a Kobudo staff form in 1 lesson. Then had me teach some Samoan knife spinning techniques to his class, which was kinda wierd. An exchange lesson of sorts.
I actually wasn't all that impressed by the level of his students. But it was New Years and there were only a couple of black belts there.So perhaps not
the best time to visit. I deffinately didn't see anything like the form and speed in that video. Not that I'd expect to on a casual dojo visit.
But I couldn't imagine a budoka of his status trying to produce fraudulant material. So I guess I'll just have to give him the benifit of the doubt.
Awesome kata! Even if it is slightly sped up.?Comment
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