Before WWII, except for a handful of cases such as Choki MOTOBU (see above) and Kentsu YABU, the main menu of karate lessons was the practice of kata, and kumite was used only to analyze kata for quick review.
上述の本部朝基や屋部憲通などを例外とすれば、戦前は型が稽古の中心で、組手は型の簡単な分解を行うくらいであった。