Bajracharya told Republica that the three-day international seminar was the first of its kind organized by NJA and was helpful in shedding light on kata techniques to the participants.[break]
Nepali coach Surya Narayan Shrestha said that they learnt four different katas, two of which were unknown to many of the Nepali coaches, during the seminar.
“There are 21 techniques in Gosinjutsu kata and I know 12 of them. I´m sure that very few know about these techniques here,” said Shrestha.
Another new kata that the Nepali participants learnt was the Juno kata, which is especially designed for women.
“It is scientifically convenient for women and old people as one doesn´t have to throw the opponent in Juno kata because its specialty is the use of locks,” said judo coach Rajesh Karmacharya.
Karmacharya, who is one of the very few Nepali coaches to have learnt these techniques in Japan, said that these techniques are rarely practiced in Nepal.
“I knew these techniques but they are not in use in Nepal. One has to go to foreign countries to learn these advanced katas,” said Karmacharya, who learnt the katas in Japan in 2006 and in Patiyala, India, in 2002.
Veteran judo coach Khadga Bahadur Dahal believes that the techniques learnt during the seminar will be useful for Nepali coaches and players as the International Judo Federation has recently included kata in international competitions.
Altogether 50 coaches from nine Asian countries had participated in the seminar, including 30 from Nepal, three each from Singapore and Bangladesh, two each from Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia and one from the Philippines.
The seminar was conducted by Muhammad Derakshan of Iran and Japanese coaches Mukai Mikihiro and Shinichiro Sato.
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