Kata. What and Why PLUS some History!

First.) Kata has been the traditional method of military knowledge transmission in both the East and the West from the time of organized military battle. The Manual of Arms (for swords, pikes, spears, shields, firearms, etc.), Parade Ground Drills/Phalanx movements, Dry Firing, House and Room Entry and Clearing, Close Combat Drills, and Hand to Hand drills. All of these are Kata in reality.

Second.) The Orient skipped the birthing pains of the Industrial and Political revolutions, that the West endured; and went straight from Feudalism to modern political thought and industrialization - skipping from the 15th to the 19-20th centuries (that's the late18 hundred's to the early 19 hundreds, for those who don't know). As a result, their cultural past was present when Nationalism and pride in one's native culture took hold globally. The East maintained the tradition of kata training; whereas in the West the tradition had turned to technique. In the East, it was assumed techniques CAME from Kata. It was an extension of the process involved in kata training.
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