Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Kata Course
Nage No Kata Course
Sunday May 8th
2016
Sittingbourne
Report from Greg Garside 5th
Dan & Martin Clarke 8th Dan
It was a very tough and demanding course, a 10
o`clock start and finishing
just after 4 o` clock.
The course was very well attended, there were
ten people grading,
two BJA Dan grades just to learn(hopefully
they did).
Connie Lawrie 3rd Kyu had
never done the kata before and performed 2 sets
with Darren Wisdom, a creditable pass.
Paul Garvie, Francesca Aspey and Jack Sprotson
had to demonstrate 3 sets all three passed.
Blake Southfield, Fergus Jones, Yuri, Brandon
Springett, Richard Seaman
and Adam Dodds, demonstrated all 5 sets
and all passed.
I would like to thank all those who took part hopefully
everyone came away
with some understanding of Kata. I also wish
you all the best of luck at
Summer camp.
Greg
Garside
Two of the Countries leading
Kata experts Trevor Davies 6th Dan and Greg Garside 5th
Dan organised a Nage No Kata Course at the Swale Martial Arts Club
Sittingbourne. Judo in the UK has been in the doldrums for some years and what
advancement there has been has been on Olympic Judo, which is a sport, not a
Martial Art. Many have commented that Judo is just another Jacket Wrestling
Sport like Sambo, Kurash, BJJ, and Belt Wrestling etc. this is far from the
truth. The Founder of Judo Jigaro Kano envisaged Judo being a way to produce
better human being and Kata was the main way to this aim
So what is Kata? Some think
its is just a sequence of movements performed in a regulated fashion i.e. like
you would do in Wrestling Drills NO it is much more then that Yes it is a
sequence of moves, for instance Nage No Kata it is about 15 throwing techniques
done left and right but it is also about performing each techniques to its
highest level it is about perfection something we should all try to reach, it
is about working with a partner in harmony, it is about controlling your
emotions. Most importantly it being able to realise the struggle to reach all
of these which is a never-ending task all these attributes make you a better
Human Being
As you through the Grades in
Judo you will learn the more abstract forms of Judo Kata like Itsutsu No
Kata Forms of Five (http://judoinfo.com/kataitsu.htm)
and Ju No Kata Forms of Gentleness. These once again not only test your
physical attributes but also your mental and emotional responses.
Many of those on the course
were young people and yes they were there because it is part of the IBF grading
but also they will start to learn that judo is more then just throwing people
around the Mat. Many who dislike Kata say it has nothing to with competition
and does not improve their fighting ability maybe be not but as I mentioned
before it will make them realise to get to become a champion you need
perfection and Kata will give you that and if you want to be a true Judoka you
need both sides of the coin. Olympic Judo is a great Sport and most probably
does not need Kata, when the Russian Sambo Players first entered Judo
Competitions they swept the board and they did not do Kata. Yet Olympic Judo is
a Sport NOT a Martial Art. You must remember in Kano’s Judo what came fist
Shiai or Kata?
I am lucky I like all aspects
of Judo but that not stop me enjoying other Grappling Sports like Sambo in fact
by doing those other sports it opens my mind and enhances my Judo.
Next Kata Course will be Ju
No Kata
Martin Clarke 8th
Dan
# posted by IBFBCSA @ 1:21 PM 
