Side kicks are indeed pretty useless from a self-defence point of view, since by the time you've thought to get in a kick the whole thing's pretty much over. Plus it all tends to be too close-range for kicking.
From an organised fighting situation it's more useful, since it opens up a few more options; after you commit to a kick you still have a choice between the different forms (and heights) of kick. So if you're going to pick fights... 8^)
Oh, and I agree that kata are probably fairly useless to somebody of your level. For me they're quite effective in reminding me to stay in correct form; when it's all about the shape of your body, you can't get away with poor posture. The specifics of the kata still seem fairly arbitrary to me, though.
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Date: 2005-02-12 04:00 am (UTC)From an organised fighting situation it's more useful, since it opens up a few more options; after you commit to a kick you still have a choice between the different forms (and heights) of kick. So if you're going to pick fights... 8^)
Oh, and I agree that kata are probably fairly useless to somebody of your level. For me they're quite effective in reminding me to stay in correct form; when it's all about the shape of your body, you can't get away with poor posture. The specifics of the kata still seem fairly arbitrary to me, though.