27/09/2025
"Reality must be distinguished from formality. Formality is the technique, the shell of the movements, but the reality of the kata, its interior, needs the soul. You can perform kata with perfect technique, but if it has no soul, it has no value, it is not real." - Master Taiji Kase (1929-2004) the founder of Shotokan-Ryu Kase-Ha.