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I enjoy the amount of nuanced applications there are for the Heian series of kata. Some of the earlier kata that are 'simpler' still have a variety of ways in which they can be interpreted. To see it applied as a block, lock, and strike is very interesting, and helps my Green belt brain to break out of the perception of kata as procedural and rigid. It is fluid and adaptable, as evidenced in your videos.