Practicing Kata With Purpose Requires Understanding Motivation.

Practicing Kata With Purpose Requires Understanding Motivation.

Where Is You Opponent?
When Turning, Why Are You Turning? 
Are You Blindly Turning And Attacking? 
Did You Have A Sight-line To See The Attacker You Are Countering?

Our Movements Should Always Take Us Offline Of The Attack.  They Need To Provide Situational Awareness By Angling Us So We Can See Areas That Were Previously Blind Spots.

This Will Change The Kata From The Fixed Orthogonal Look Of The Basic 101 Version That Teaches Us Generally Which Way To Face And Which Response Is Next.  101 Kata Is Useful, Necessary, But Incomplete.

Adding This Layer Reinforces Important Strategic Lessons For Your Open Hand Technique.