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There are one or 2 moves in goju kata where I “reverse” the direction of stepping/movement while performing bunkai (applications). I’ve often wondered whether — (1) the kata were deliberately designed that way “as a code” (something I think is a bit overstated nowadays); or (2) the kata were deliberately designed that way for an application I haven’t seen; or (3) the kata were deliberately designed that way for training or symbolic purposes (eg. stepping forward on... Read More
This is a link to my Dojo in Largo Florida where I have been training since 2/14/1996 Currently I am a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Uechi Ryu Karate do. I tested for my 3rd degree in May of 2007 and this fabulous forum of people sent me the flowers I am smelling in my Avatar pic.!
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I love the unity I have with my karate brothers and sisters from all over the worl... Read More
Many have written about the benefits and function of forms (Japanese – “kata”, Chinese – “xing”) as a means of grooving or drilling fighting combinations and, more relevantly, teaching principles of martial movement that can be carried through to combat in a more general sense. I have, in the past, also noted the importance of kata as a means of “packaging” martial knowledge – techniques, footwork, principles, etc. I can see that in the pre-written era kata would have been the... Read More
Further to Part 1 of this article... I discuss how tenshin/taisabaki has been used as the foundation of our "embu" or 2-person forms in the article "Muidokan embu: 2 person forms for karate". That tenshin is a vital, yet largely forgotten, skill is something that I highlighted in Part 1 of this article. Yet recently the value of tenshin (and accordingly our embu) has been debated on an online forum (in relation to our gekisai embu in particular). The argument is a considered and s... Read More
I think we all accept that karate kata contain some grappling methods, be they grabs, locks or throws. Otherwise the kata would not contain any subtle hand techniques - they would consist purely of punches and kicks with a few blocks thrown in. I am of the view that, like punches and kicks etc., the grappling techniques in kata are based on sound biomechanical principles. I also think that they are far more complex than many instructors currently understand. This may account for why some boo... Read More
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