KORETeam went to the Oyata Summer Camp at the Kansas City airport Hilton
hotel in July, 2003.
It was a great time of learning kata,
and weapons. We also heard from Master Oyata himself on a variety of topics, including hand
techniques, new ways to think about blocking and a promise that he will quiz
us next year on what he said at this summer camp.
Master Oyata challenged us all this year to return to
basics in doing kata and techniques. The point is that if you don't do
the basic techniques and forms correctly, there is no way to do the advanced
ones correctly either.
