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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by xupybd on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @07:14PM (#33088462)
You may have heard of the term "Kata" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata

It's used by many to perfect their craft.

Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by badrabbit on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @07:40PM (#33088757)
Pumsae for the tae-kwon-do folks. It is awesome.
Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by girvo on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:10PM (#33090208)
You just gave me flashbacks to doing all eight taegeuk pumsae for my black belt grading
Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by badrabbit on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @01:52AM (#33091777)
I only did up to greenbelt but when I was 16 there were almost no other things cooler than doing a 2nd dan+ blackbelt pumsae.
Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by tmtvl on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @06:45AM (#33093694)
I think only WTF TKD calls them pumsae, ITF calls them tul (or teul).