Split from e- musha-shugyo;
I was going to do this anyway, hopefully this will make it easier on the mods :)
People have mentioned the shihan have different movement, different ways of performing the same kata etc. I don't see this as a problem, or any different to other top level 'artists' making something there own. Once the basics have been ingrained, that persons preferences and even personality will shine through, which is healthy/ good even.
Look at what people do with music, they learn the basics of 1 2 34 - 1 2 3 4, what notes sound good together etc and how to play their instruments. After some time they experiment and seemingly 'break the rules' but it works and sounds great! They are able to do this as they have mastered the basics, can read music ( a lot of them) and understand the structure of it all.
This is a far cry from someone thrashing out some random garbage on a guitar after learning a few of chords, but still muting notes and having shocking rhythm. Yet this is what we see in the bujinkan, people want to 'improvise' like the masters, when they can hardly form the basic chord shapes or move between them smoothly. And it's obvious to anyone with ears!
IMHO constants to spot even in the highest level stuff; loose legs that bend at the ankles and knees, a straight back ( no broken structure), staying 'level' as poss. Throughout, head up, bum IN, good flow, distance and timing. Using these things they can be creative as they like, and it's GOOD IMHO.
Conversely your common or garden megadan, has stiff legs that don't bend at the ankles or knees, or not in the correct way (like a forward 'wave' , usually we see a sort of up and down 'token movement') broken structure, gaijin butt, stop-start, incorrect distance and zero timing as they stop and talk as a cover.
No amount of this can be good, however creative, even if 'they've had lots of real fights and beat people up' doesn't cut it.
An expanded version of what I was trying to say before, imho
I was going to do this anyway, hopefully this will make it easier on the mods :)
People have mentioned the shihan have different movement, different ways of performing the same kata etc. I don't see this as a problem, or any different to other top level 'artists' making something there own. Once the basics have been ingrained, that persons preferences and even personality will shine through, which is healthy/ good even.
Look at what people do with music, they learn the basics of 1 2 34 - 1 2 3 4, what notes sound good together etc and how to play their instruments. After some time they experiment and seemingly 'break the rules' but it works and sounds great! They are able to do this as they have mastered the basics, can read music ( a lot of them) and understand the structure of it all.
This is a far cry from someone thrashing out some random garbage on a guitar after learning a few of chords, but still muting notes and having shocking rhythm. Yet this is what we see in the bujinkan, people want to 'improvise' like the masters, when they can hardly form the basic chord shapes or move between them smoothly. And it's obvious to anyone with ears!
IMHO constants to spot even in the highest level stuff; loose legs that bend at the ankles and knees, a straight back ( no broken structure), staying 'level' as poss. Throughout, head up, bum IN, good flow, distance and timing. Using these things they can be creative as they like, and it's GOOD IMHO.
Conversely your common or garden megadan, has stiff legs that don't bend at the ankles or knees, or not in the correct way (like a forward 'wave' , usually we see a sort of up and down 'token movement') broken structure, gaijin butt, stop-start, incorrect distance and zero timing as they stop and talk as a cover.
No amount of this can be good, however creative, even if 'they've had lots of real fights and beat people up' doesn't cut it.
An expanded version of what I was trying to say before, imho
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