“Slow is Smooth, and Smooth is Fast”.
It was John Kerker making a similar observation (not with those
words) during his clinic on how to respond to attacks of different speeds, and
then watching extra material on the movie ‘Shooter’
dvd, on sniper training.
They really tried to make the sniper work in the movie as
accurate as possible according to USMC Sniper doctrine. In the extra material
they explained why this is the USMC Sniper motto. The movie is a gem and
that extra material you owe it to yourself to see to fully understand the concept.
That explanation fits 100% into the points John Kerker was making too.
John was expaining on how Harrill Sensei made this work for his art. In essence they did not speed up the applications of kata, just performed them at the same speed of the kata each time.
That explanation fits 100% into the points John Kerker was making too.
John was expaining on how Harrill Sensei made this work for his art. In essence they did not speed up the applications of kata, just performed them at the same speed of the kata each time.
I have long experienced how smoother technique developed over
time, in part because of the years I have put into Yang Tai Chi. I am referring
to the smoothness that develops over decades of training or so.
As one’s technique becomes more smooth the muscles and ligaments
to not contend against each other promoting natural speed. And without the
tension the center of gravity naturally lowers. And power also increases.
The natural progression of training. Work for smoothness.
Today as I age and continue to retrain it is ever more
important.
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