After Terry and I came back from SCNA a few months back, we started a contest among the developers here to solve simple katas in public and receive feedback from their peers on their solutions. It was a fun little exercise that had a few weeks of popularity before the novelty wore off and we all collectively let day jobs refocus us on other tasks. Last week, Terry revived the contest with a bang. Below you will find his word for word challenge. I took a few minutes and created a starter project that you can use to try the kata on your own.

C# project in dire need of refactoring kata

Johnson is primarily famous for arguing that the Naifuanchin / Tekki kata are a record of stand-up grappling movements intended for use in civil law keeping with their origins in China. To make this clear: he rejects the idea that the 'kicks' and 'punches' in this kata are indeed kicks and punches. Rather they mimic the hand / arm movements needed to subdue an attacker in close proximity to the defender and have more in common with Chinese chin na than modern day karate with its emphasis on striking. In my opinion, this is the strongest argument and most well-thought-out idea he presents.