tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548051846136261570.post-44016080573849976012008-01-03T19:28:00.000-08:002008-01-03T20:52:00.301-08:00<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V5mnhmlS174&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V5mnhmlS174&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />Apparently decades of hard training and research has lead these Karateka to the conclusion that Tekki Shodan is a devastating cornicopia of blocks against multiple attackers. Call me crazy but it just doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to approach the kata from the perspective of multiple attackers. I usually start with the idea of one attacker.<br /><br />I guess it's natural for different people to read a book or see a movie and have very different thoughts about the directors intent. Don't even mention two different people looking at a painting by Pollack, Picasso or Degas. Maybe Kata is like a Rorschack test. We don't see them as they are we see them as we are. When you are looking at a kata and practicing it, ask yourself who created it? What did they know? Who did they study with? Ask yourself what does this beautiful thing tell me about the person that designed it? <br /><br />So, If you talked to the designer of the form which following quote do you think would reflect the designers thoughts most accurately...<br /><br />"Block, then hit him in the stomach, now block again and hit the other guy in the stomach, then block three times and punch someone in the face..."<br /><br />Or...<br /><br />"Kill the son of a bitch."<br /><br />Keep in mind I have never been a warrior. I'm an average martial artist and a cartoonist by profession. If I can imagine something devastatingly brutal, what could a warrior / martial master come up with. Maybe all the years of watching cartoons has had an effect on me and causes me to see the potential for violence in pretty folk dances.<br /><br />Click on the cartoon to enlarge it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_lvO0zh3afFQ/R32o7PtrbmI/AAAAAAAAAJg/JpfL4UYq7gs/s1600-h/oldman.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_lvO0zh3afFQ/R32o7PtrbmI/AAAAAAAAAJg/JpfL4UYq7gs/s400/oldman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151459284565585506" /></a>Mark Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02780309467975812724pvkscooks@aol.com