I’m now back in the UK after my holiday in the Maldives. Managed to get a fair bit of training done in the beautiful natural surroundings of the island.
I find it quite useful to vary the area where you train. If you are fortunate enough to have access to a dojo with a roof over your head and a nice level floor, it is easy to forget how different the natural environment actually is. Varying types of terrain, glare from the sun, poor lighting, obstacles in your path – all these things might have an impact upon the tactics which you employ.
When performing kata on a beach for example it is easy to see how certain types of footwork are better suited to that particular terrain, whilst others might leave you stumbling!
I’ve included a video of Suparinpei on the beach which shows in places some of the problems created by a different type of terrain then I was used to !
Garry I thought your Kata was well executed. May I ask who taught you that Kata? Hopefully you are up for some constructive criticism. One section I think you should work on was the Mawashi uke. Unless you did them slow on purpose, I believe they should be done much faster. Check this old video out of Shinjo Sensei and his Kata….
Yours in Budo!