I loved the "complicated" series of movements in 6 different stances...zenkusu, kiba, hangetsu, fodo, kokuso, and sanchin. I am trying to make my kata dynamic, taking 90 seconds to finish the 65 movements of kanku dai is hard but pauses and not rushing is the key. I feel that if I can slow my kanku dai it will translate that throughout other katas. Thank you for the feedback regarding timing. I might be having an off day on my kicks, usually they are distinct. I can focus on them today to make sure I am not sloppy.
Here is an excerpt from "Kata The Folk Dances of Shotokan" by Rob Redmond
"Time to Completion:
When properly performed, Kanku-Dai requires about 70 to 90 seconds to complete.
However, some competitors in tournaments have been known to compress this time
down to little over a minute. As time passes by, the kata are becoming performed more
and more quickly. Mostly, I think, this is because kata are becoming performance art
rather than fighting practice. As we become a society that does not permit hand-to-hand
combat in any situation, the usefulness of using the kata as a tool to learn combat
applications becomes less popular. Also, the kata are so far removed from modern
sparring methods that they have little if any relationship with sparring any longer.
Practicing a kata as anything other than performance art is relatively unheard of within
Shotokan organizations, and anyone trying to apply the techniques in the Shotokan kata
to Shotokan punch/kick/sweep combat methods would be unsuccessful."
The review will be hugely beneficial because there is discrepancy between different instructors on the same kata. Looking forward to training and Nomikai tonight :-)
Oss,
Pallavi
P.S. --> Nice picture in zenkusu, is that in your house?