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ontents
ontents
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Kata
Kata
How
How
to Practise
to Practise
the
the
Kata
Kata
15
15
Chinte
Chinte
Unsu
Unsu
Ji in
Ji in
62
62
Jutte
Jutte
72
72
Kanku
Kanku Sho
Sho
86
86
Gojushiho Sho
Gojushiho Sho
1
1
Appendix
Appendix
124
124
- -Errata
Errata
125
125
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cknowledgements
cknowledgements
The
The authors wishauthors wish
to
to
thank thethank thefollowing
following
peoplepeoplefor their kindness
for their kindness
and
and
helpfulness:
helpfulness:
In particular
In particular
ourour goodgoodfriend Keiji Tomiyama, Chief instructor
friend Keiji Tomiyama, Chief instructor
GreatGreat
Britain
Britain
andandEuropeEuropeforTani-ha Sh
forTani-ha Shito-r
ito-ryu,
yu, fo
for the callig
r the calligraphy.
raphy.
Harry Cook for assistance in
Harry Cook for assistance in
obtainingobtainingthe histor
the historica
ical l photographs
photographs
ChrisChris
Hallam a
Hallam a
Craig
Craig
StrongStrongfor their help
for their help
duringduringthe
the
photophoto sequencesequence
s.
s.
The
The SherwoodSherwood
Business
Business
andandConference
Conference
CentreCentrefor coffee
for coffee
andandroom
room
to
to
spreadspreadout.
out.
DominiqueDominique SheadShead
for calm
for calm
patiencepatience andand understandingunderstanding plusplus unun
ches
ches
Roddy
Roddy Bl
Bl mfield (well
mfield (well
knownknown expertexpertin
in
the art ofthe art ofReal
Real
TenniTenni andanderstwhile
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Kata
Kata
arc a
arc a
predeterminedpredeterminedseries
series
blocking,
blocking,
evadingevading andand counter-counter-ing techniques against scounter-ingle
ing techniques against single
multiple attackers,
multiple attackers,
whowho maymayarmed
armed
unarmed.unarmed.ln a :.ense
ln a :.ense Kala
Kala
areare notnotpeculiar to
peculiar to
EasternEasternfighting arts.
fighting arts.
ThatThatis to
is to
say
say
that the
that the concep
concep
of providingof providinginstructional
instructional
manualmanualis not, for
is not, for
these are to be found in
these are to be found in
many Europeanmany European languageslanguagescovering arts
covering arts
mnging from medieval
mnging from medieval
swordsmanshipswordsmanshipto
to
modern-daymodern-dayboxing.
boxing.
One element
One element
standsstands out,out, however,however, asasbeing significantly dif-
being significantly
dif-ferent
ferent in
in the Oriental Kala. In the majority
the Oriental Kala. In the majority
cases
cases
thetheKata
Kata
arcarctaught to
taught to
studentsstudentsby example,
by example,
onlyonlyrarely
rarely
were thewere theearly tech-
early
tech-niques recorded
niques recorded in
in
diagrammatic
diagrammatic
textual form,
textual form,
scrolls
scrolls
whichwhichwere kept secret
were kept secret
andand passedpassedonly to exceptiona
only
to exceptiona
students whostudents whohad proved themselves
had proved themselves
worthyworthy afterafter manymanyyears practice.
years practice.
Gene
Generall
rally t
y these s
hese secr
ecret scrolls
et scrolls
containedcontainedbrief details
brief details
the
the
mainmaininstr
instructi
uction
on whi
which w
ch was
as
passedpassedorally
orally
andandexample.
example.
TheyThey werewereof
ofte
ten presente
n presented in a deliberately obsc
d in a deliberately obscure fashion
ure fashion
asasto be
to be
little
little
use
use ifif they
they
feUfeUin
in to t
to the
he
handshands of someoneof someonenotnotwell versed i
well versed in the tra-
n the
tra-ditions
ditions
andandteachings
teachings
of thatof thatparticular school.
particular school.
Gichin Funakoshi,
Gichin Funakoshi,
the Father ofthe Father of modernmodernkarate gives a re-
karate gives a
re-vealing insight into the
vealing insight into the
emphasisemphasisplaced
placed
uponuponthis secrecy.
this secrecy.
In
In
his book
his book
Karate doKarate doyumon
yumon
publishedpublished JapanJapanin
in 1943
1943
(and(andowing much to his third
owing much to his third
sonsonGigo
Gigo [Yoshitaka
[Yoshitaka
whowhois to a
is to a
greatgreatex-
ex-tent responsible f
tent responsible for th
or th
powerfulpowerful ShotokanShotokan karatekaratetoday , Funa-
today ,
Funa-koshi relates
koshi relates
thatthatin the
in the Ryukyu isla
Ryukyu islands
nds
thethetradition
tradition
oi
oi
secrecy
secrecy
waswassuch that
such that
nonowritten records
written records
werewerekept. Techniques
kept. Techniques
werewere passedpassedon by direct instruction from
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K
K
A group
A group plwto
plwto
showing
showing
karate
karate
mastersmasters
Koyu
Koyu
Konishi
Konishi
Kata
Kata
behindbehindlocked
locked
doorsdoors shutteredshutteredroom) the old
room) the old
manmancon-
con-fessed
fessed
thatthathe
he
hadhad refusedrefusedto
to
pass onpass onthis Kata to
this Kata to
anyoneanyonebefore;
before;
only once in a crucially
only once in a crucially
alteredalteredway to a
way to a
manman whowho hadhadcontinually
continually
pesteredpestered himhim
until
until
agreed.
agreed.
AlthoughAlthough
in
in
mostmostcases the
cases the
majormajorconcern
concern
th
the scrol
e scrolls is to ca
ls is to cata-
ta-logue the
logue the
techniquestechniques thetheRyu, a
Ryu, a
goodgoodproportion
proportion
the text
the text
given
given
overoverto the
to the
elementelementwhich
which
distinguishesdistinguishesthem from any
them from any
Western insh·ucti
Western insh·uctional manual;
onal manual; the
the
interweavinginterweavingspiritual philo-
spiritual
philo-sophy
sophy
with physical violence
with physical violence
eclectic
eclectic
ZenZen BhuddhistBhuddhistfoundation, with inter-
foundation, with
inter-twining
twining
elementselements ofofConfucianism
Confucianism
andandthe native
the native
ShintoShintoreligion,
religion,
the
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so
so importantimportant waswas thisthis ZenZen aspect thataspect that thethe samesame senti-
senti-me
mentnts s in in scrscrollollo;o; differentdifferent Ryu,Ryu, eveneven inin thosethose concernedconcerned
with distinctly
with distinctly differentdifferent martialmartial arts,arts, such assuch as ArcheryArchery and Swords-and
Swords-Tu
Tu come to acome to a proper understanding ofproper understanding of Kata,Kata, andand toto approachapproach
proper
proper practicpractic ofof KataKata 1t1t is vitalis vital toto appreciateappreciate howhow inextricablyinextricably interwoven
interwoven isis philosophicalphilosophical elementelement\vith\vith the purelythe purely pragmaticpragmatic
physical
physical
side.
side.
Just
Just this isthis issoso inin thethe KataKata ofofthethe olderolderclassicalclassical Ryu,Ryu, isis thethe younger schools
younger schools karate,karate, which havewhich have beenbeen subsumedsubsumed
into thl traditional
into thl traditional ethos.ethos.
KarJte ciln
KarJte ciln indeed beindeed be practisedpractised purelypurely strongstrong andand effectiveeffective means
means ofof fighting.fighting. The Okinawan masteThe Okinawan masters developedrs developed techniquestechniques
capable
capable ofof inflictinginflicting severesevere damagedamage toto anyany attackerattacker andand isis quitequite
pos >iblc
pos >iblc to train soleto train solely inly in thethe w znw zn thethe techniquetechnique blockingblockingandand
countemltacking. Even
countemltacking. Even thethe early practitioners ofearly practitioners of thethe arl,arl, however,however,
hel
held the spirituad the spiritua clementclement to beto be ofof equal importanceequal importance toto thethe physicaphysica techn iquef..
techn iquef.. The
The OkinawanOkinawan fightingfighting artsarts werewere notnot themselves very muchthemselves very much
under
under thethe influenceinfluence thethe mainland Zenmainland Zen ethos,ethos, butbut TcTc thethe inin digenous fighting
digenous fightingartart waswas known,known, becamebecame naturallynaturally subsumedsubsumed intointo
the mnrtial
the mnrtial cultureculture andand itsits ZenZen ethicethic uponupon itsits importation intoimportation into
japan. japan. E\
E\ en so, befen so, beforeore thisthis timetimetherethere isis evidenceevidence thatthat certaincertain OkinawaOkinawa
masters
masters(Higaonna(Higaonna andand Ttosu,Ttosu, toto namename two)two)werewere muchmuch concernedconcerned
that the
that the artart TLTL taught astaught as spiritually-orientatedspiritually-orientated discipline.discipline.
After
After studymg thestudymg the historyhistory karate,karate, andand indeedindeed aUaU ofof thethe
Japanese fighting
Japanese fighting arts,arts, oneone hashas toto concludeconclude thatthat isis mistake tomistake to
assume that
assume that inextricablyinextricably with Buddhism,with Buddhism, andand
ata ata
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ata ata
swordsmanship,
swordsmanship,
established a curriculum which
established a curriculum which
asaswell
well
asascon-
con-centrating
centrating
techniques
techniques
withwith swordswordandand daggerdaggeralso devot
also devoted
ed tim
tim
to practice
to practice
with spearwith spear andandbow,
bow,
andandthe
the
art ofart ofpoetry,
poetry,
andandthe
the
teteceremony. This
ceremony. This
waswaslargely
largely
duedueto the influence
to the influence
of theof theZen master
Zen master
Zenkicki.
Zenkicki.
Whether or
Whether or notnot manymany
actually attained those qualities which
actually attained those qualities which
werewere
held to epitomise
held to epitomise
the enlightenedthe enlightened manman doesdoes notnotin
in
anyanyway
way
detract from their desirability. The
detract from their desirability. The
pointpointto reflect
to reflect
uponuponis that
is that
ininthe
the
original-j
original-jutsu for
utsu for
oror thethelater
later
-do
-do
form a
form a true
true martial artist is
martial artist is
one whoone who hashas attained mastery of both physicalattained mastery of both physical andand
spiritual
spiritual
have
have
written
written
greater detail elsewhere
greater detail elsewhere
Tlze
Tlze
Karate-do
Karate-do
Mmwal
Mmwal
and
and
Tlte
Tlte Advauced
Advauced Karate
Karate
Mn111m[)Mn111m[) of theof thereasons
reasons
whywhy thbthbemphasis
emphasis
the
the
spiritual side came about,
spiritual side came about,
butbutis of
is of
suchsuchvita
vital importanc
l importanc
totocorrect
correct
understandingunderstandingandandapplication of Kata
application of Kata
thatthatthe seri
the serious stu
ous stu
dentdentmust be encouragedmust beencouraged
to
to lear
learn more
n more
ofofthis aspect,
this aspect,
andandalso fully
also fully
understand that
understand that
the
the
spirituality-spirituality-the
the
ZeZe aspect-hadaspect-hada basic prag-
a basic
prag-matic reason for its emphasis,
matic reason for its emphasis,
mademade thethemartial artist a better
martial artist a better
fighter
fighter
The
The
essence of Zenessenceof Zens a compl
s a complete acceptance
ete acceptance
the
the inevitability of
inevitability of
change;
change;
nothingnothing remainsremainsthe same, the wheel
the same, the wheel
isisalways turning,
always turning,
leading to
leading to
thetheonly
only
certainty-certainty- somesometime
time
or anotheror anotherthis human
this human
lifes
lifespan will
pan will
comecometo
to
end.end.To plac
To
place too
e too
muchmuchimportance
importance
this
this
fragile butt
fragile butterf
erfly l
ly life
ife
was deemedwas deemedfutile; far better to
futile; far better to
imimhonour
honour
and
and
respect, which held society together,
respect, which held society together,
evenevenpurs
pursuance
uance
this
this
became necessary to give
became necessary to give
life.
life.
ThusThus thethefighting man
fighting man
defeated
defeated
hishisgreatest
greatest
foe-foe-Fear
Fear
AndAndspecifically t
specific
ally the fear of death,
he fear of death,
which
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sider
sider carefull
carefull
thatthatto
to practise
practise
themthem purely aspurely asphysica
physical fitness
l fitness forms
forms
-.im
-.imply as
ply as
senessenesphysical techniques is to go
physical techniques is to go
againstagainst thetheex-
ex-perience, advice
perience, advice
nnd teachingnnd teaching somesomeof the
of the
mostmostfearless
fearless
andre-andre-m,wned fighters
m,wned fighters
whowho evereverlived
lived
Oki11awn11
Oki11awn11
karate
karate
master
master
Motabu
Motabu
slzo-zoing
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ata ata
fcrent
fcrent
bodybodytvp
tvpes
es it
it is a mist
is a mistal.
al..e to choo
.e to choose
se to
to conce
concentr
ntrate solely
ate solely on
on
the
the
groupgroupwhich,
which,
the surface,
the surface,
would appearwould appearmost
most appropriate
appropriate
to
to
youryourparticular build; all the Kata
particular build; all the Kata
developdevelopa rhythm and
a rhythm and co-
co-ordination
ordination ofof movement,movement, andand
the well-balanced
the well-balanced fightt: r
fightt: r
mustmustde-
de-velop the
velop the
attributesattributes of bothof bothtypes.
types.
At advanced
At advanced
level
level
ititis necessary to select
is necessary to select
oneonetw
two Kata,
o Kata, for
for in-
in-depthdepth
practice, to
practice, to
enterenter deeply intodeeply intothe soul of the Kata, and at
the soul of the Kata, and at
this stage t
this stage then
hen
wouldwouldbe
be
appropriateappropriateto
to sel
select from t
ect from the t
he type mo
ype most
st
suitable to
suitable to
youryourphysical characteristics. Even
physical characteristics. Even
the full range of
the full range of
Kata
Kata
shouldshould notnotbe neglected.
be neglected.
hehe
problem
problem
AlthoughAlthough
the
the physical
physical practice of
practice of
thethevari
various Kata
ous Kata isis in
in itself an
itself an ex-
ex-cellent
cellent physical exercise,
physical exercise,
promotingpromotingsuppsuppleness,
leness,
andandim-
im-provedproved
muscle tone,
muscle tone,
have
have
seenseen thatthatthis is only
this is
only
partpartof t
of the story
he story
nndnnd that properthat proper
practice
practice
demandsdemands thatthatthe
the martial artist deve
martial artist develop
lop
Lrmsltin
Lrmsltin
alert,
alert,
concentratedconcentratedawarenessawarenessof the
of the totality of the si
totality of the situa-
tua-tion,
tion,
withwith untroubleduntroubled unstoppingunstopping mindmindal
allo
lowi
wing
ng co
comp
mpll.
ll. lc
lc
freedomfreedom
for
for
appropriateappropriate andandeffective action.
effective action.
How
How
While
While
performingperforminga Kata, the
a Kata, the
shouldshouldimagine himscl
imagi
ne himscl to
to
be surroundedbe surrounded
by
by
opponents andopponents and preparedpreparedto execut
to execute defensive
e defensive
and
and
offensiv
offensive techniques
e techniques
anyany direction.direction.So
So
urgesurgesthe late head
the late head
ofof thethe
Japan Karate Association, Masatoshi Nakayama,
Japan Karate Association, Masatoshi Nakayama,
whowhowas
was
himself
himself
one ofone of GichinGichin Funakoshi sFunakoshi s students.students.Best
Best
Karate,
Karate,
Kodan-
Kodan-sha International Ltd,
sha International Ltd, 1981.)
1981.)
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them safer. For example,
them safer. For example,
whilst whilst performinperformin thetheKata
Kata
Cllinte
Cllinte
Kana-
Kana-za
zawa Se
wa Sensei bro
nsei broke h
ke his
is
rightrighthandhandby
by
strikingstriking thetheback
back
withwithIpponken
Ipponken
causing
causing
Master NakayamaMaster Nakayamato
to
remindremind himhim that thethat theKata
Kata
should beshould bemodified for training
modified for training
purposes.purposes. whkhwhkh makesmakes thethepractice
practice
the
the
KalaKalain line
in line
with Nakayama swith Nakayama sadvice pract
advice
practical
ically impossible,
ly impossible, as,
as,
in
in ourour
experience,
experience,
thethe vast majorityvast majorityof
of
studentsstudents havehave andand cancan onlyonlyhave
have
rudimentaryrudimentary understanding ofunderstanding of thetheBzmkni
Bzmkni
thetheappUcations
appUcations
the
the
tedmiquestedmiques contained withincontained within thetheKata.
Kata.
Takayuki Kubota,
Takayuki Kubota,
HeadHeadGosoku-J yu Karate
Gosoku-J yu Karate
America (The
America (The
International Karate Association),
International Karate Association),
andandwell
well
knownknown instructorinstructorto
to
Law
Law
enforcement agenciesenforcement agencieswrites:
writes:
thethe momentmoment most peoplemost peoplethat practise Kata
that practise Kata
havehaveidea
idea
itsits real meaning,real meaning, the benefitthe benefitthat it brings.
that it brings.
TheyTheypractise Kata
practise Kata
andandKurnite
Kurnite
thoughthough they werethey werehvo different
hvo different
thingsthings whereaswhereas course Kumitecourse Kumite startsstarts withwithKata
Kata
andandKata
Kata
starts
starts
withwithKumiLe.'*
KumiLe.'*
Thj
Thjs being
s being so, it is
so, it is imp
imposs
ossibl
ibl
thatthat U1eU1eKata
Kata
practisedpractisedfully
fully
andandcompletely,
completely,
andand that properthat properZmrshi11
Zmrshi11
exercised.
exercised.
Yet
Yet
another problemanother problem mustmust bebefaced.
faced.
ToTopractised
practised
as wasas wasoriginally
originally
intended, thatintended, thatis as
is as
powerfulpowerfulandandeffective
effective
meansmeansof self-
of
self-defence,
defence,
v .rithv .rith valuevalue today stoday ssociety,
society,
thenthen shouldshould obviousobviousthat
that
evenevenif
if all
all
thetheoriginal
original
bunkni
bunkni
werewere knownknownpractice solely re-
practice solely
re-latedlated themthem wouldwould be be anachronianachronistic;stic; havinghaving littlelittle rere evance.evance.
Sadly,
Sadly,
in
in
the worldthe world todaytoday attackersattackers are moreare morelikely to
likely to
wieldwieldrazor-knife, broken beer-glass
razor-knife, broken beer-glass
eveneven gungun U1anU1an ooroorjo.
jo.
ThisThislatter
latter
problemproblembecomes
becomes
moremore apparentapparentwhenwhenoneonerealises
realises
thatthatevenevenwithin the confines
within the confines
thethe historyhistory thethe developmentdevelopmentof karate
of karate
techniques the Kata
techniques the Kata
areare anachronisticanachronistic thatthat theythey ignoreignore many ofmany ofthe
the techniqu
techniques
es
which arewhich arewidely
widely
(and(andeffectively)
effectively)
incorporatedincorporated intointoata ata
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my
my
ThereThere
is
is
oneone widespreadwidespread mythmyth thatthat needsneedsdispelling
dispelling befor
befor
con-
con-sidersider thethe
final section
final section
this
this
chapter, the preceptschapter, the preceptswhich
which
mustmustbe
be
borne
borne
in
in
mind
mind
whenwhenthe
the Kata,
Kata,
andand thatthatisis thetheracial
racial
myth
myth
that masterythat mastery karate,karate, andand
particular
particular
thetheKata, is
Kata, is
onlyonlyattainable
attainable
by
by
the japanese,the japanese,for
for
onlyonly theytheycan
can
havehavea real
a real
understanding ofunderstanding ofthe
the
martial
martial
ethosethos permeatingpermeating thetheart,
art,
andandcan
can
thereforethereforeachieve the
achieve the
highesthighest
levels
levels
skill.
skill.
Frankly
Frankly
this is
this is
arrantarrant nonsensenonsenseLet
Let
us turnus turn thethepremi :;e
premi :;e
around andaround and hypothesisehypothesisea n
a nati
ative En
ve Englis
glis
sport,sport, withwith philosophicalphilosophical connotationsconnotations andand obscureobscure rulesrules andand
rituals,
rituals,
deeply rooteddeeply rooted ininEnglish tradition.
English tradition.
CouldCould thenthen\lfdy
\lfdy
assumeassume that no-onethat no-one butbut native-born Englishmannative-born Englishman wouldwould e\'ere\'erexex
cel in
cel in
the sport,the sport, andand that nothat noI:.nglishman
I:.nglishman
wouldwould evereverbeaten
beaten by
by
foreign
foreign
competitor. Evencompetitor. Even cursorycursoryglance
glance
thetherecord of the
record of the
En
Engl
gl<m
<md Cr
d Crick
icket te
et team
am
overoverrecent
recent
yearsyears willwill serveserve toto underlineunderlinethe
the
ridiculousnessridiculousness ofof
this idea
this idea
coursecourse
there
there
arcarc cogentcogent(financial)
(financial)
reasonsreasons forfor thetheperpet-
perpet-uationuation thethe myth of}apanesemyth of}apanese andand indeedindeed
there may
there may
well
well
somesome japanesejapanese whowhoactually believe
actually believe
it.
it.
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ow
ow to
to Pra
Practi
ctise
se
e
e Ka
Kata
ta
A :.
A :.
mentioned before,
mentioned before,
thethemental
mental
attitudeattitudeto Kata
to Kata
shouldshouldbe
be
thethesame
same
for Kumite.
for Kumite.
fhe opponent mustfhe opponent mustactually exist
actually exist fo
fo
you,you,the
the
KataKatailill be re
l be relega
legated to
ted to
thethelevel
level
meremerephysical
physical calisthen
calisthenics.
ics.
In
In
correct practice it is vital to
correct practice it is vital to
maintainmaintain sense ofsense of urgencyurgency andandand
and atat
L very
L very
stepstepenvisageenvisage yourselfyourselfactually
actually
underunder threatthreatand attac
and attack by
k by
numbernumberof assailants
of assailants
determineddeterminedto
to
youyou seriousseriousharm.
harm.
In
In
this
this
atmosphereatmosphere nu::;hiunu::;hiu cancanbe
be
developed,developed, andand nonotechnique
technique
need be
need be
'pulled''pulled' shortshort the targetthe target throughthroughfear of
fear of
inniclinginniclingdamage,
damage,
in practice with a
in practice with a
partner,partner, and,and,furthermore,
furthermore,
time
time
can
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Practise the Kata Practise the Kata important
important
is
is
thethe powerpowerof
of
thethe mindmindphysical activity.
physical activity.
sheshe learnslearns
to
to
dragdrag somethingsomethingextra from
extra from
thethe depthsdepths thethe psychepsyche, ,
strength
strength andand tubbornes thattubbornes that perhapsperhaps nevernever
before
before
beenbeenre-
re-vealed.
vealed.
TheThe bodybody becomesbecomes so exhaustedso exhaustedfrom
from
obeyingobeying lhelhe sese sei ssei scommand:
command:
'Hai
'Hai
NowNow onceoncemore '
more '
thatthat becomes impossiblebecomes impossibleto
to
eveneven keep thkeep th e e eyelidseyelids
open
open Every
Every breath
breath
becomesbecomesa painful
a painful
gaspgaspand
and
seemingly
seemingly
mustmust bebe thethelast,
last,
butbut even as theeven as the bodybody staggersstaggers andand weakens theweakens the
spirit
spirit
shouts:shouts:'I will
'I will
notnotgive
give
in '-
in '-
AndAndfrom this the
from this the
lesson
lesson
is learned
is learned
thatthatin
in
thethe depthsdepths youryourspiritspirityouyoucan
can
neverneverbe
be
defeated. defeated.
The
The
third
third
stagestage properlyproperly thethepractice
practice
ofof 'Moving Zen'.'Moving Zen'.The
The
techniquestechniques areare by nowby now
instinctive
instinctive
andand thethe goalgoalperfection. Practice
perfection. Practice
becomesbecomes intenselyintensely
private thing,
private thing,
ageage longer longer matters,matters, youth-youth-fulness,
fulness,
strengthstrength andand stamina,stamina, evenevena fully
a fully
operativeoperative bodybody arearenot
not
prerequisites
prerequisites
for this
for this
journey.journey. HereHere thetheKata
Kata
neverneverfor
for
simplesimpledis-
dis-playplaybutbut
is a veh
is
a vehicle,
icle,
path ofpath ofabsoluteabsolutedetermined awarenessdetermined awareness andand concentratedconcentrated attention.attention. this
this
final
final
stagestage thethekarate-ka
karate-ka
hashas developeddeveloped thetheability to fuse
ability to fuse
mind,
mind, bodybody andand