karateman7 wrote:
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.
Evolution or Devolution...?
oneya
karateman7 wrote:
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.
That is probably some other thinking. Of course I was only talking about analysing and training a punch.oneya wrote: If I take this thinking to the extreme - I may have to arrange opponents that are soft and don't fight back.?
This I already mentioned. One idea of studying a punch is how to become an object between the ground and the opponent. Punching bags that are too hard and heavy for one's skill level, encourages to do something else in fact, just for protection of the arm. One such a thing that is common is to let the impact affect one's shoulder. So when punching a too big resistance one has to choose between not punching hard, breaking the arm or compromising the technique.I think we have a problem here with Newton's 3rd law of physics - "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" - which is a fact of life.
karateman7 wrote: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.
What is your opinion about the practise of makihura and the work of pushing yourself to be
stronger?
Kazutaka Otsuka : Makihura? I did a lot when I was student, at the university. Once I was doing it,
I lost a piece of skin. I saw the bone inside and there was blood everywhere. I do not like so much: I
do not think that it is still adapted. Nowadays there are good exercise tools, like punching ball for
example, which are better than makihura, to my mind.
I was actually going to start a thread on a topic like this. Since wado is always changing, how much change, if any, do we base on the new findings of the human body (i.e. stretching, effects that pounding on hard surfaces have on our knuckles, etc).oneya wrote:karateman7 wrote:
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.
Evolution or Devolution...?
oneya
claas wrote:karateman7 wrote: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.pdfWhat is your opinion about the practise of makihura and the work of pushing yourself to be
stronger?
Kazutaka Otsuka : Makihura? I did a lot when I was student, at the university. Once I was doing it,
I lost a piece of skin. I saw the bone inside and there was blood everywhere. I do not like so much: I
do not think that it is still adapted. Nowadays there are good exercise tools, like punching ball for
example, which are better than makihura, to my mind.
Hi karateman 7... When you saykarateman7 wrote:Since wado is always changing, how much change, if any, do we base on the new findings of the human body (i.e. stretching, effects that pounding on hard surfaces have on our knuckles, etc).oneya wrote:karateman7 wrote:
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.
Evolution or Devolution...?
oneya
In response to evolution and devolution, I really don't know. I'd like to know why or how he came to that conclusion.