Kata - We Talk it Over With our Friend Shihan McKinnon

 I'm so excited we finally got to this conversation. And even more excited that we did it with our friend Shihan McKinnon. I waited on this, one of my favorite subjects, until I found the right spark. And that spark came from Shihan's blogpost on the subject. Here is a link to it:https://www.torakankarate.com.au/single-post/karate-essence-kata?fbclid=IwAR383Ku0p8vwNF5Mz0Oz5FOcdkItKrqThCF1BtK-9Uw0b_MjZghgSksVC8kKata is an integral part of training - as are Sparring and Self-defense. We covered sparring in 2021. Here's that link:https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8283054And we've had many conversations on Self-Defense. (Although if you have an idea on a new take - get in touch and come talk with us) Here's one of those discussions:https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4315460Back to today: We mention that our YouTube page had an example of kata (in case you're interested). It is Sensei Rob Carbone. Here's the link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VETT9qnJoYoAnd finally, if you'd like to support the podcast  - we have a link for that here too:Support the showWe appreciate our listeners and thank you for sharing the podcast with friends.  Reach us all over the web. Facebook and twitter are simply wildcatdojo. However, insta is wildcatdojo conversations. (There's a  story there.)On YouTube (where we now upload old episodes - complete with a slideshow)  https://www.youtube.com/@wildcatdojo9869/podcastsAnd for our webpage, where you can also find all the episodes and see some info about the dojo: http://wildcatdojo.com/025-6/podcast.html . And of course, we love it when you support our sponsor Honor Athletics. Here is their link:https://honor-athletics.com/Thank you for listening.