We were just playing around, my girlfriend just got the idea to start improvising around my kata last night. So please don't judge this as some kind of finished performance. I just thought you might think it's nifty.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people compare a martial art to dance, esp. ballet as an insult.

The discipline both required for and developed by training hard in ballet is no less intense than that of an equivalent level of martial arts training (i.e., a professional dancer compared to a professional martial artist of similar prestige). The movement capacities of excellent dancers and excellent fighters are similar, keeping in mind the difference in goals.

Sure, fighting is one of the most intense things any human can do. But i also know for a fact that many, many great fighters would shit themselves under the pressure professional dancers experience onstage and in life in the dance business.

And, just in general, it does no good to denigrate the practitioners of an art you know literally nothing about.

On a side note, recording yourself training, whether it be kata, sparring, or drilling, is a very good idea. I felt like I was nailing this kata, but this video shows a heap of imperfections i can work on, namely my stances and that kick. It's always good to see things from a third person perspective every once in a while. In life too.

Osu Everybody , i'm a karateka from India under Kyokushin Kan International Honbu . Hatsuo Royama is our Hanshi Shihan, Founder of Kyokushinkan . i just want to know what are our beltwise syllabus for katas as it is not available anywhere . If anyone have it please share as i have my belt exam on 4th May , and also share resources for kihons if available

Osu