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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
Kata are designed to help the body remember certain movements and series of movements and how to do them with a maximum of precision and power without thinking about it. That's it. "Techniques" are the same thing. It's all muscle memory - you repeat a particular movement over and over and over again until your body remembers it and can perform it without interference or conscious direction from the mind. In the split second needed to respond to a physical attack, the mind - thinking about what is happening and how you are going to counter it - only gets in the way. "Too much mind" is a problem. "No mind" is the goal.
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That was one of Bruce Lee's major complaints about the various disciplines and techniques. Too many fixed positions and not enough fluidity. This caused the mind and body to be out of sync during a fight. Alcohol will only exacerbate this.
