Hey Mike, Long time no speak and good to hear from you - I do agree that the hand load weapons certainly have more in common with empty hand...
sankukai in basic terms is shukokai with big circles!
Fish, Im not so sure, if you look at the lineages of the arts developents there tends to be specific Ryu for karate, and then different ones...
Im not convinced empty hand and weaponry in karate terms are as closley linked as many would like to think. Of course there is some general...
LOL - looks like a mini Graystain thread! (proberly my biggest online claim to fame!). Good work guys, I have retired mostly from outing these...
Karate grade for teaching is in many ways irrelevant (granted a guide of 3rd dan has some use) - but your either able and experieinced enough to...
power to you Fish for posting you kata, overall I would say you are doing good.
good thread, some random thoughts to throw into the mix as I am not overly technical and my body mechanics knowledge is not so great,...
I thought Kake meant or leant towards a hooking action?
well done on your shodan, looks like a good grading. some nice kumite shown, good timing in places.
Hi Gary, The arm is very much in front of the head in terms of distance, our forearm bends just over 90 degrees towards the attack, this is the...
in relation to the versions of Rohai posted this one - YouTube- Matsumura no Rohai ****o Ryu is closest to our Seito Matsumura version, the...
proberly better off keeping it simple, in terms of the techniques 'first and basic function' otherwise the thread will go way off line and be very...
Mr Thomas, very good questions and heres my very direct awnsers! does anyone know of any shorin ryu books or dvds that show the true bunkai of...
one of my memories when working on ushiro geri was being yelled at to do it harder, faster against a man holding a kick shield. I was a green...
Bogu Kumite for me is about contact, shock - giving and taking, im assuming the elecronic systems mean less contact is needed to score? I would...
Without getting to detailed I understand the term 'Bunkai' to literally mean 'to break apart', it was explained to me it was literal analysis of...
I agree there are technical and tactical lessons with working against 'karate' (albeit a limited number of) techniques as is often shown in...
I agree with the above posts, and would add that a shift in the importance of form over function, and the importance of tournament points...
I can't speak for other groups but several Okinawan Ryu practice this form of kumite. For us it's simple, were not proffesional fighters and...
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