The Problem With Classical Karate Patterns

Classical Karate Forms have degraded over the years

. The fact is, you won't ever hear this fine martial art even considered as a viable martial art worthy of inclusion in the Mixed Martial Arts octagon. This is a tragedy, because that is not the way Karate was originally designed.

In the beginning Karate was designed to take the sword away from a samurai and spank him with it. There are actual instances of just this happening. Karateka, back then, trained differently, and the forms, the Karate Kata, were different.

The Heian Kata are one of the mainstays for most styles of Classical Karate Forms. However, if you look at the forms you will see that the stances are usually wide and low. This gives the feeling of great power, but it, in fact, robs the martial art of power.

If you get low you will build more power, and this is what the horse stance was built for. Lower a back stance like this, however, and you will split the integrity of the stance, because the feet are now facing in two directions. You will also rob the stance of the ability to move, and therein is the real crime.

Over the years the Japanese training methods have focused on commitment into a front stance. This give more power, and judges in some contests will not even count a point delivered by any other method, or with any other stance. Several things happen as a result of this.

One, the Karate fighter is forced to over commit himself to the action. Two, he becomes relatively locked in position, and it is harder for him to move. The sad fact is there is an alternative that will handle these two problems.

The ability to shuffle quickly will enable the martial arts fighter to stay in a more mobile stance, and he will still be able to put the whole weight of the body behind the punch. Further, he will have more weapons, as the legs aren't too busy making the stance work. This introduces a whole new potential of movement to the art.

When this humble writer was learning martial arts near fifty years ago, the back stance was used. It was simply a superior stance, and it got the job done. The misguided desire for more power, however, has resulted in classical karate Patterns being changed, and there has been a resultant loss of technique and art.

by: Al Case

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