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Perform Pattern in Honor of its Namesake

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According to General Choi, each pattern should be performed to reflect the personality and spiritual character of the person or thing the pattern was named after. However, the point of a martial art is combat, and the point of a pattern is to increase combat skills. Therefore, it seems that you should not worry about imitating the personality and spiritual character of a dead warrior (especially when the pattern is probably one of those "borrowed" from Shotokan karate by Choi that has no connection to the namesake other than the name); instead, you should perform a pattern as though you were in mortal combat with multiple attackers. If you perform as a warrior, you will be honoring all warriors.

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