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I recently purchased this move and have to give it full thumbs up. This is the first authentic Karate based movie to come out of Japan since the old "Street Fighter" movie days and features some of the best from the Japanese Karate Association. It had a great plot, excellent cinematography and really good fight sequences but the final fight scene was a little different. There is a moral to this movie that all Karate people will love and it is very valuable as a teaching tool for your students... Read More
Free sparring in karate is a fairly modern innovation, developed post World War II as part of the drive to popularise karate and turn it into a sport. From there sport-based "distance" sparring ("shiai kumite" or "ippon shobu") spread rapidly throughout the karate world. However as I have discussed previously this type of sparring bears little resemblance to actual fighting and, very importantly, bears little resemblance to how karate was designed to be used. This is especially so when yo... Read More
Introduction
In my article “Kime: the soul of the karate punch” I described the essential feature of the karate punch as being “focus” – ie. a combination of minimal deceleration before impact and optimum distancing – usually performed in karate with a straight thrust.
Many have and will argue that this straight thrust is less powerful than a boxer’s punches. This is partly true. But to understand why this is only partly true we’ll have to examine punching me... Read More
I think there is an important difference between sequential body movement (which is necessary) and "telegraphing" (which is undesirable).
The activation of a staged sequence of body parts is an essential component of a punch/strike/kick. Without it you would not be able to impart any real force. Consider the basic uraken (backfist): if you moved your wrist first, then your elbow, then your shoulder your strike would simply not work. Instead your strike must originate with movement in y... Read More
Someone on an online forum recently wrote words to the effect of “Do you literally fight with you hands in a chamber position?”. To me the real question is: "Do you mean to say you DON'T fight using a chamber?" If you don't, you'd be one of a very few! What do I mean by this? Everyone - boxers included - use chambers. Chambers are nothing more than loading for a punch, in particular a punch that you wish to execute with power (ie. not a jab). Now this next point is c... Read More
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