The Beauty of Kata For Japanese Sword Techniques

The great thing about the basic Kata that has been shown in the previous post is, this is one form of the Japanese sword arts training you could actually practice by yourself, anyplace and time, you want. However, it is vitally important that no matter what you do, you need to focus and visualize you attacker when you are practicing as a one person Kata. You need to know where your attacker is regarding your techniques, If you don't focus and visualize your attacker as you are practicing the Kata, it will turn into nothing more than the practice of just a dance, nothing more...... Remember, [repetition doesn't make perfect .... Perfect repetition makes Perfect].

Now as we look at the Kenjutsu Dojo's [schools]. They will more often than not, take a different stand to their techniques. Most all of the Kata's they practice, the student is partnered up with another student. They will normally start with very basic techniques and in time keep leveling up, as their tecnique improves.

While we can clearly see that, there is some crossover between the Iaido and Kenjutsu schools, it is easy to see that Iaido training techniques has an main emphasis on the solo kata technique, while Kenjutsu has a much stronger emphasis on partnered techniques.

I know I have said this several times. But, when learning the Kata it is really important that you take the first basic lessons in a dojo, under a master directions. You can't practice being perfect if you don't know the correct steps to take in the first place. Remember [repetition doesn't make perfect .... Perfect repetition makes Perfect]. So having said that yet again, If you don't get the right direction in the beginning the how can you practice perfect? However, If you still want to try it alone then, there are some high quality instructional DVDs and Books on the market that while they cannot surpass the kind of Japanese sword training available in the dojo. They are a another alternative for those who are set on trying to learn on their own. It would also be good if where you live makes it hard to find or get training and direction from a master in a Dojo.

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