the techniqu techniques es which are which are widely widely (and (and effectively) effectively) incorporated incorporated into into

the

^Kala^Kala

in line in line

with Nakayama swith Nakayama s

advice pract advice practical ically impossible, ly impossible, as, as,

in ourour

experience, experience,

thethe vast majorityvast majority

of of

studentsstudents havehave andand cancan onlyonly

have

rudimentaryrudimentary understanding ofunderstanding of thethe

Bzmkni Bzmkni

^the^the

appUcations appUcations the

the

tedmiquestedmiques contained withincontained within thethe

Kata. Kata.

Takayuki Kubota,

HeadHead

Gosoku-J yu Karate Gosoku-J yu Karate America (The America (The International Karate Association),

International Karate Association),

andand

well well

knownknown instructorinstructor

Law Law

enforcement agenciesenforcement agencies

writes: writes:

thethe momentmoment most peoplemost people

that practise Kata

havehave

idea idea

itsits real meaning,real meaning, the benefitthe benefit

that it brings.

TheyThey

practise Kata practise Kata

andand

Kurnite Kurnite

thoughthough they werethey were

hvo different

thingsthings whereaswhereas course Kumitecourse Kumite startsstarts withwith

Kata Kata

andand

Kata

starts starts

withwith

KumiLe.'* KumiLe.'*

Thj

Thjs being s being so, it is so, it is imp imposs ossibl ibl

thatthat ^U1e^U1e

Kata Kata

practisedpractised

fully fully

andand

completely,

andand that properthat proper

Zmrshi11 Zmrshi11 exercised. exercised.

Yet

another problemanother problem mustmust bebe

faced. faced.

ToTo

practised practised

as wasas was

originally

intended, thatintended, that

is as is as

powerfulpowerfulandand

effective effective

meansmeans

of self- of self-defence,

defence,

^{v .rith}^{v .rith} valuevalue today stoday s

society, society,

thenthen shouldshould obviousobvious

that

eveneven

if if all all

thethe

original original bunkni bunkni

werewere knownknown

practice solely re- practice solely

re-lated

lated themthem wouldwould be be anachronianachronistic;stic; havinghaving littlelittle rere evance.evance.

Sadly,

Sadly, in in

the worldthe world todaytoday attackersattackers are moreare more

likely to likely to

wieldwield

razor-knife, broken beer-glass

eveneven gungun Û1anÛ1an ôorôor

jo. jo.

ThisThis

latter

^problem^problem

becomes becomes

moremore apparentapparentwhenwhenoneone

realises realises

thatthateveneven

within the confines

thethe historyhistory thethe developmentdevelopment

of karate of karate techniques the Kata

techniques the Kata

areare anachronisticanachronistic thatthat theythey ignoreignore many ofmany of

the

the techniqu techniques es

which arewhich are

widely widely

(and(and