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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Martial Arts | | Japanese term or phrase: 型より出でて自在を得る | | The full phrase is, 型を学び型より出でて自在を得るべし。 "型" is the set of movements incorporating karate 技. I guess what I'm having problems with is 出でて, specifically--is what comes after the *result* of practicing kata? Or something else? I can't seem to get hold of the structure. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. |
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| | master the moves and then master the sport | Explanation:
自在 means full control, mastery.
BTW, the few English-speaking karateka that I know use "kata" untranslated. I don't recall hearing it in Spanish in Varadero--just words like "shizentai" and "yasume". |
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 Maynard Hogg
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| Grading comment Humbird, I think you made a really good point about kata. Although everyone practices the same kata, everyone changes it a little. I think the basic meaning contained in this phrase was that you can use the waza contained in kata during kumite matches and so on, so I think Maynard's answer is closest to the meaning I was looking for (although they tell me that karate is distinct from a sport). I agree with Maynard too about leaving some terms untranslated--it's widely done, and also "forms" just kind of sounds funny. Anyway, I translated it as "Master karate through kata"--a slightly liberal take on it--but anyway, thanks a lot, everyone.
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