I have watched many a martial artist, myself included, try to reanimate their craft by attempting to dynamically assemble a series of static postures from kata. Wouldn't it be, at least, interesting to work this in reverse? Reanimate the kata and see where it goes?
The opening movements of Choun no Kon are frequently done in a very vertical, planer, puncuated fashion. This leads to their interpretation as blocks for ankle attacks, but it takes a long time to propel a bo from vertical up to vertical down. If you reach and let the arc of the bo follow your natural morphology a bit more, you get a much earlier attack-interception; taking less than half the time. And what next, a single strike? How about strike and displacement of the opponent in the direction that would drive him? Then another hit, down. And taking him back to the front where he is finished. It makes a nice sequence, flows well and is a bit gruesome, so, perhaps, real.
Animating the kata, performing it with real application in mind and removing the artistic puncuations can render a much different perspective.
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