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Hi wadoka, I remember kusotare saying at the previous forum, about what is called the positional coincidence in traditional karate, that we don't care where we end in Wado. Hi karateman7, Sure. I've been taught to keep the body squared, meaning both shoulders are facing the front (I thought this was...

Hi Steve, We sometimes do this with kihon 6 and kihon 7 but the attack in 7 must be a mawashi geri otherwise the defense will work for both. This is interesting also for the rest of the kihon kumite. The "defences" are so general in nature that they work interchangeably and against many ot...

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This is called "The gunfighter's dilemma", in case someone wants to google more.

I remember Mr. Kazutaka Otsuka advocated for punching bags over makiwara in an interview. Interesting to see the evolution of karate with new developments in sports. I believe this is the interview in question: http://balam.karate.do.free.fr/pdf/versionuk.pdf What is your opinion about the practise...

Hi oneya, If I take this thinking to the extreme - I may have to arrange opponents that are soft and don't fight back.? That is probably some other thinking. Of course I was only talking about analysing and training a punch. I think we have a problem here with Newton's 3rd law of physics - "For...

Hi Ben, Hi DJ, I remember doing Suzuki senseis sanbon gumites as ippons with the late Mr.Takamizawa. Steve. I guess they readily adapt to that - I recall Tatsuo Suzuki teaching them that way too once. Maybe the room was full so he improvised; On this video you can see maegeriuke 1 & 5 and jodanu...

I have never hit a traditional-style makiwara, but as some of you may noticed, I used the same reasoning for why I like the exercise ball, as the writer on 24fightingchickens used for advicing against a makiwara. Something that hits back immediately, like a bag, easily encourages one to work too muc...

Hi AJ, Actually I don't talk about keiko vs renshu. I'm simply saying that we need some tools for the analysis, which is the only thing that we can do here. We use some words we have learned for some experience with an odor of sweat that we might share. Sorry for the OT. The topic of kuzushi is so i...

Hello everyone, About analysis vs "just doing it", on another forum I have many times made the division that forums actually are very academic places, while the dojo is a training place. After all we can't punch the computer and we can't reason a fight to victory nor our skills to a remark...

Hi, Most of the times I end up "on the outside" in Ohyo Kumite 8. Most of the times I then put pressure with the knee from the outside, also rotating my foot in the direction of the pressure and not just the knee. When at the same time using my right arm for controlling the opponent from h...