Is it to learn and understand techniques better? For health? Because he can? Does it take anything away and water it down?|||shotokan karate is both hard and soft. as well as relaxed and tense. the most efficient way to have power is to strike when relaxed, but many shotokan instructors are not relaxed they are always tense and ridged.
the yang style of tai chi is soft and slow moving, from many instructors this is a good complement to shotokan as it is an element that many instructors are missing.
kanazawa sensei isnt adding this to shotokan he is teaching as a separate style as it is meant to be. many of the instructors enjoy taking his tai chi class.
i hosted several seminar over the years and when i hosted one with a friend of my teaching tai chi, i didn't invite many of my karate friends at the time since i though they wouldn't come anyway. after the seminar i had several of them contacting me as to why i didn't invite them, as they would have love to have taken a tai chi class. this wasnt only limited to my shotokan friends, but goju ryu, shito ryu, kyokushi, seito ryu and so on.|||One of the many ways to practice kata is to slow it down and coordinate your breathing with your movement. This has internal benefits, such as making you more relaxed and aware of your stance, as well as external benefits, "slow is smooth, smooth is fast."
Many Shotokan guys are too rigid. Compare Tekki Shodan to Choshin Chibana's Naihanchi Shodan. Taijiquan would help get them moving smoother.
Seriously though, I suggest you pick a dojo, quit asking questions, and eventually you will know more than you could possibly think of asking.
Not being snide or rude, I know you're excited and just want to know as much as possible, but you're not going to get anywhere if you're constantly asking questions, I'm speaking from experience here.
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