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Old 06-04-13, 06:54 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp View Post
but I have met some tough ones who knew nothing about any Kata and still cleaned a man's clock.
That was the point I was trying to make. Being able to do pretty katas does not necessarily make one a good fighter, and a good fighter does not necessarily need to know pretty katas.

While I only "fought' in competition, I too have had my "timepiece serviced" by students who could not do a kata to pass a test.
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