Kawawada Kata: Sochin

Sochin performed by JKA Instructor M. Kawawada in the finals of the 1st Shoto Cup (Tokyo, 1985).

Commentary by M. Nakayama.

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Sports

Tags:

• Kawawada
• Kata
• JKA
• Sochin
• Shoto
• cup

[hafka77]

I really like this continuous and natural movements. Not like katas on championchips today, they look like actors and not karatekas. This is real karate.

[dschungelkaempfer]

thats a strong perfomance! really inspiring, and something to learn from.

[elythegreat]

@hafka77 and ninjastorm  - you are 101% correct.

[IEKUKATAKA]

@cumanagoto Thanks, sometimes my passion for martial arts truth gets a little sleezy. Sorry.

[cumanagoto]

@IEKUKATAKA Well said!

[ninjastorm]

Well I think that this is the way kata should be done. No disrespect to the way kata are done now but I just like the way kata are done with application so to say, I think kata is one of the most important aspects of karate, but thats my opinion.

[karatefella]

I agree 100%

I REALLY hate Valdesi and his like.

The way they do Kata is just appalling.

Purely cosmetic and nothing else.

If Valdesi etc went to a traditional dojo, they would be laughed out of the place.

Andy

4th Dan

[christianbrecht]

I trained with him too :-))

[ptboyindenver]

If you are talking about the Luca Valdesi style of doing kata, I feel sorry for you. That way has gone completely off the deep end into stylized competition, away from any vision of kata as self-defense curriculum. The shortcuts they take to produce their falsely-fast technique are just maddening. The Sochins by Tsuchiya, Kawawada and Kagawa are useful tools of learning powerful, effective karate. The modern competitive kata can teach nothing but winning medals.

[scottishgal92]

I've just learnt this kata, working on my technique now. I really enjoy this kata

[hisae1201]

I got teaching by oosaka sensei and with kawawada sensei in japan ibaraki .