Counting in karate is a very effective tool in teaching less-experienced students patience. In addition, it also allows the sensei to view every stude...

Counting in karate is a very effective tool in teaching less-experienced students patience. In addition, it also allows the sensei to view every student individualy, and for these reasons, is a wonderful tool that SHOULD be used in class.

With all that being said, it is also important that the karate-ka pratice the kata full speed, all together, as well as slowly and broken apart.

This allows the students to truly practice the form, while they can still do the form slowly in order to gain knowledge about what it is they are doing.

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