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Originally Posted by IRISH
I was really curious if anyone uses kata or patterns I guess Kata or patterns can be compared to shawdow boxing ?
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Katas can be used for several different aspects but traditionally they were used for practicing your martial art techniques alone. I train and teach at a martial arts school and the katas are now used more for conditioning and cardio. We do them at slower pace to start then gradually increase the speed of the movements until you are just completely winded. Kinda like shadow boxing as someone mentioned earlier, and yes if you pay attention to the TUF training on TV you can see that some of them were doing Katas / Shadowboxing / MMA striking simulations for conditioning by themselves.
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