Luckily I'd kept up some kata it is the best way to train as long as you have a camera now and again to view yourself from outside. Those little errors creep in and from you what perceive to be a strong sharp kata actually looks like you did as a white belt. Whenever I taught a lone student I'd get them to critique me too and ask if various points looked reasonable it helps knowing you still want to get better even if they see you as way ahead of them in terms of time served.
Although SEKU recently revisited their haian kata to standardise alongside Nakayama's Best Karate series as well as edicts from the Japanese Karate Association (JKA) via their re printed Karate Kata Vol Book. I had on the whole got (Haian) Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan, Godan and Tekki Shodan kata sorted. Mick gave me some tweaks on foot positioning and the usual bollocking for strength over technique failings, sorry I'm a big bloke but I had them in mind. Over the week we also concentrated on the basic techniques needed as well as the combinations. It is now a routine I have going through all the blocks and kicks slowly increasing as the days go by. I had my first blood blister in years after day one! By day 4 things were coming back, we'd cemented the brown belt kata back into my head, Enpi, Jion, Bassai Dai, Kanku Dai and Hangetsu. We also spent a while going over Nijushi Ho my exam kata, at least at this time.
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