Gauging martial artists by "how they move"
I remember many years ago, sitting on my first grading panel assisting my instructor Bob Davies. I had grading sheets in front of me and was responsible for writing down appropriate, constructive comments on two of the students' performances. At the conclusion of the grading Bob turned to me and said: "What did you think of student A?" I said that I thought student A had made some sequential mistakes in one of his required forms and clearly did not know it inside out. "What about student B?" I said student B had executed every sequence properly, but the form wasn't very good. "Who passes?" "Neither?" I guessed. "No. In this case student A passes and student B does not." "But, with respect Sensei, that doesn't seem entirely fair. Student B fulfilled all the requirements where student A did not." "No, student B didn't fulfil all th...