In my own personal training each day, I really put a lot of effort into KIHON: especially the 'simplest' waza of Karate-Do.
44 years into my Karate Journey, and as a professional full-time instructor in Japan, I continue to learn so much from the most basic training. For it is there: that nothing can be hidden.
That being said, Budo Karate requires that we always directly connect Kihon (and Kata) to the optimizing of effectiveness in JISSEN-KUMITE (that is, karate in a real fight/self-defense). Perfect 'form' has no meaning: if this point is not the foremost objective.
Without this understanding. and putting this into each practice: "...karate becomes only a sport, recreational activity, or merely 'karate movements' with no relationship to the true art".
With these critical points in mind, BUDO KARATE KIHON IS WHAT DETERMINES ONE'S TRUE KARATE LEVEL.
押忍!!
アンドレ
© André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2025).
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