Karate is fast.
I like slow.
You have to be able to do movements very quickly, but that's actually easy.
Try doing it slow. Mix the slow with the fast.
Make the slow movements a perfect match to the fast, but because you have better control you must do them better. Perfect the slow. Practise the slow. Improve the slow.
Pick up the speed slightly. The form will fail a bit. Work until it is perfect again.
Pick up the speed again. Perfect it all again.
Return to moving as quickly as you possibly can. Perfect it again, with what you learned moving slowly. You'll actually be faster than ever, and stronger, and better.
Keep returning to slow.
Learn from slow.
I am a 68 year old retired teacher living on the west coast of Canada. I spent over 30 years as a student of Karate until my knees stopped liking it. My current passionate activity is Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, which I've been at for about 13 years.
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