The Big Question - 16 (obscure koryu)

is: Why am I worried about remembering koryu sets?

A couple of days ago I began making plans to get the partner into the gym and practice up a couple of new koryu sets that I still don't have worked into my bones. I don't have a lot of time for this and it suddenly occurred to me that I don't really have dozens of students waiting anxiously for this material.

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Guest commented

20th March 2010, 02:17 PM

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Not sure if its too late but hey better late then never and you can simply take the point and grow.

The first person that should be eager to learn this new technique is yourself. Whether you have a new student or a bunch of seniors in your ranks, the first person that matters is yourself. So get out there and learn it, master it, and then others may decide if they wish to learn from you. After all without material one can not teach and martial arts is not something you read from a book
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Kim Taylor commented

20th March 2010, 09:34 PM

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There are limited hours in a day, especially if one is not retired, and for partner practices you need two people with lots of extra time. What do we neglect in order to practice new material?
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Ookami7 commented

21st March 2010, 08:48 PM

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Yup, limited time..... but thats why you pick and choose what to work on. 80% of my free time is spent on a mix of girlfriend, Iaido, Aikido, Kendo, and Trans of budo material / research purposes. w/ the stronger emphasis being Girlfriend and Iaido! Again just try and practice what you can. If its a 2man (or woman) kata, learn it to the point where you can shadow either portion. That way its engrained and when teaching you can do either role and just make sure to add it in every so often so that you and who ever you are working w/ or teaching gets experience w/ it as well. a few more yens worth for you.
また、狼より/ Jeff

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