When we speak of the best martial arts forms we are speaking of those martial arts kata that result in a gradual and excessive benefit to the student. To be truthful, I usually recommend learning as many forms as possible, then specializing on the ones that the student prefers, although there can be tweaks in this approach. I recommend learning whole systems, first taekwondo, then karate, then kung fu, and so on.

What do you get out of the Martial Arts? What strange abilities can you really awaken? Is there a reality that could be called Zen Karate…or zen whatever other martial art you might study?