Osaka Kata

Kata performed by JKA Instructor Osaka in the All Japan Championships 1982-83.
Includes: Empi, Gojushiho-sho, Sochin

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Sports

Tags:

• JKA
• Karate
• Kata
• Osaka
• Empi
• Sochin
• Gojushiho-sho

[farorin]

I have fought MMA idiots before, so your first reply to my comment is crap. If I fight them with there rules, no doubt I'll have higher change of loss, as they have the advantage. But when fighting with my rules, or very limited/no rules, its a different matter. Kata is not an imaginary battle among imaginary foes, kata is the foundation of powerful and smooth technique, timing, accuracy, co-ordination, and proper body mechanics.

[Javahype456]

Dude, you're an idiot, Kata, if you know anything about the subject, is basically, an imaginary battle among invisible opponents. It's a technique practice session that emphasizes form and not function. There really are no traditionalists anymore and the men you see in the UFC and MMA are anything but traditional. They've mixed every possible fighting style and made it a mess. The very fact that you're using what you saw in these UFC and MMA tournaments to evaluate Karate is idiotic.

[emado4ever]

is there any thing knew about master Osaka ?? I didnt hear any thing about him since a long time

[fredkarat]

best of the best .for shihan osaka. great master .oss. bow.

[brinnonvallere]

i enjoy watching him move....solid

[ediblecognition]

Kata gives you the tools you need to fight with but doesn't tell you how to react to a live opponent. Kumite shows you how to react to specific opponents - but through experience, with little technical knowledge gained. Kihon lets you develop the motor function skill required for both kata and kumite. Everything is intertwined - and necessary, at least to represent karate. Otherwise it's like saying that my severed leg, on its own, can kick your ass.

16 years shotokan karate, 5 yrs wc, bjj.

[dchokee]

kata = kumite. both (done correctly) require speed, power, focus, spirit, and good form. the only difference is whether your opponents are tangible or not.

[deadguy29]

Kata has its place in karate and fighting practice. One of its purposes is to practice strikes and techniques that are not allowed in sparring (groin strikes, eye poking, open hand strikes to the throat, etc.) It's done in an organized way and of course there are other benefits like those mentioned in several previous responses. Keep an open mind, that's what really matters...

[shimokai]

Kata peformed how it should be,no flashy movements like todays compertitions,excellent.

[IrishMystique]

..learning karate without kata i.e. kumite only, limits the scope of the art in a way that would eventually see it die out. Properly taught, in a manner that recognizes the reality of the self-defense situation, kata can enhance the practitioner's ability to cope with violent attacks. This is predicated on the requirement that the practitioner must devote equal time to kumite, kata, and kihon in order to gain the skill required for self-defense.

[mallardgreen]

Why have three legs to a stool, instead of only one. Kata teaches body mechanics, conditioning, controlling center of gravity, body shifting, expansion and contraction or relaxing and tensing of muscle groups, all directly applicable in fighting. It isn't all of karate, but there is much to be gained from it.