Kata vs Kaka - What's the difference?
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(martial arts) A sequence of positions and movements used in the practice of many martial arts.
* 1979 , Masatoshi Nakayama, Best Karate: Heian, Tekki ,
* 2006 , Kelley MacAulay, Bobbie Kalman, Karate in Action ,
* 2009 , Thomas W. Hanlon, The Sports Rules Book , ,
* 2010', Kenji Tokitsu, ''The '''Katas : The Meaning Behind the Movements .
In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
* 1985 , Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)
* 2005 , Animation journal (volumes 13-15)
Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
As an adjective kata
is .kata
English
(wikipedia kata)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . In English use since the 1950s.Noun
(en noun)page 12,
- About fifty kata , or "formal exercises," are practiced at the present time, some having been passed down from generation to generation, others having been developed fairly recently.
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- Katas' are a series of motions, such as punches, strikes, and kicks, arranged in a specific pattern. The pattern allows the motions to flow into one another. A student must learn a new ' kata to advance to each new belt level.
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- When the competitor's name is called, she stands on the designated line, bows to the panel of judges, and announces the name of the kata' she will perform.She then performs the '''kata'''. When she is finished, her opponent performs her '''kata'''. At the end of the second ' kata , both return to the mat area to await the decision of the judging panel.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Adverb
(en adverb)- Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata . The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
- Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
