Can someone please explain to me why is he (and other top-tier kata performers) stomping? I was taught that stomping is a bad thing, also learned the same thing from many other sources and masters. Yet, all of the best karatekas make pretty loud sounds while transitioning from stances... Thanks!
Kata Unsu hidden power One of the most advanced times in showstyle and according to many sites and majority opinions is the most difficult time of the show There are many complex hand techniques, one of which was very important at the time, and it was a very common time in the tournaments and championships, and most of the karate champions in the final stage chose this time and did it like Luca Validisi and many others who are active in doing this time need a very high level especially in balance, power, and chemicals.
the loud awful background music played in the stadium says it all about this bs karate style. Commentators: clueless, as to be expected. As for the competitors… can’t even do a shuto-uke correctly. Try blocking a strike with the wrist at that angle. Absurd.
I really don't like when an athlete performs Sansai kata, it feels so flashy and empty from the karate spirit that other katas have. What do you think?
I would prefer Hayashida or Moto performing Sansai, than Ali Sofuoglu or Mattio Busato performing Sansai. Watch their performances of Sansai, and tell me whose was flashier!
I agree with Carlons, but I get what you're saying. I think it's just because it's different from what many people are used to see since Sansai is relatively new to the WKF. But a consequence of this is that some karate-ka (especially Shotokan practitioners) simply learn it because it is trendy. Gensei-ryu kata are just as close to the karate spirit when performed properly with good technique (like I would say Moto and Hayashida do). :)
It's funny because I used to think that and shamefully criticise people who compete with patterns, looking flashy and missing the fighters spirit. I am a Taekwondo practitioner and did sparring competitions when Kyurogi wasn't using electronic body guards. I used to think that anyone can do patterns, and easy to do them. But when I started going for Poomsae training, let alone the competitions, the feeling is totally different. Not just looks but the spiritual feeling too. From then, I practice both. Finally I discovered something. It's easy to see how a sparring competitor can be the best. But, patterns? It's not easy. It's really not easy to look good performing in a pattern, be it Taekwondo or Karate. In patterns, the spirit isn't a fighter's, it's a lover's.
