My Katannabis Kata Curriculum
(Katannabis-Do – The Way of Katannabis)
My personal Kata Curriculum used in my personal Katannabis ritual meditation is made up of the following kata. All Kata are derived from the Goshin-Do Karate style that I have practiced for over five decades. In due course I will include on this site videos of the Kata. For the time being, should you desire to see the Kata, you may use this convenient link to my Karate site: https://senseijohn.me/kata-syllabus/ .
As a result of my daily Katannabis, I have slightly modified the Kata so as to provide a seamless mediative experience. Interestingly enough, the modifications also have a corollary effect in the martial aspect of the kata. That is to say that the modification yields a differing practical application of self-defense techniques.
Here are the kata of my Katannabis ritual. To assist you in creating your own Katannabis syllabus I have placed the kata into levels of functionality; what is to be desired from the kata performance.
Level 1:
Fuku
Gekisai
Level 2:
Kunchaba
Seisan (optional)
Level 3:
Ananku
Seipai
Level 4:
Seienchin
Level 5:
Suparunpei
Level 6:
Sanchin
Zazen
As my Katannabis is an on-going process (as yours should also be), I have recently, December 2022, began experimenting with the order of the Kata. This is producing some interesting results which I am documenting for further study. To this end, I will memorialize my current Katannabis syllabus.
Level I:
Kunchaba
Seisan (optional)
Level II:
Ananku
Seisan
Level III:
Fuku
Gekisai
Level IV:
Seienchin
Level V:
Suparunpei
Level VI:
Sanchin
Zazen
As you can see, it was only the first three Levels that were modified. I will not; however, that I have also created a new Kata, I call “Sanchin-Dai,” the “Great Three Battles.” Depending upon my meditative state, I sometimes am able to replace the three Kata in Levels IV, V and VI, which I collectively call my “Sacred Trinity” of Kata with the Sanchin-Dai Kata. This has some very interesting effects. Briefly, the Sanchin-Dai Kata encompasses all of the physical and non-physical attributes of the Sacred Trinity into one, slightly abbreviated Kata. I hope to have a video shortly.
Cum superiorum privilegio veniaque
Sensei John Szmitkowski
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