Wansu Kamae
A
Kamae is a kata movement where there
is ‘no movement’. Sometimes referred to
as a stop point. One Example would be
the Kamae in Wansu kata ½ way
through the form,
That
is a deceptive answer. For these movements can be very destructive in their own
right.
One
answer to the movement potential is as John Kerker demonstrates it, the hands used a
descending knife hand strikes atop a striking arm, during an interior line of
defense. It is the first example in this video clip,
This
would prove painful to say the least. Other alternatives would be a descending
strike into the biceps and into the face, of course interior or exterior line
of defense.
A
different answer is also found within the interior line of defense. If the
attacker comes swinging a hooking strike with the right arm the answer is just
to form the Wansu Kamae as they are
striking. Allow their biceps to strike into the Kamae. The harder they strike the more pain. They are striking
their own biceps into the formed Kamae. This use incorporates the stillness found in the Kamae as on
offensive weapon.
I
first experienced this from Ernest Rothrock in a different way but the
underlying principle remains the same. Then I found this within a striking
drill from Tristan
Sutrisno’s practice. I discovered three different ways that drill
could be used, and then Sherman Harrill showed me a fourth way to use it.
Where
the opening of the 1st tjimande juru (2 person drill) where you
right descending knife hands into the forearm and bicep against an uppercut to
the body, causes increasing pain the harder they strike. My research showed
this could be done with descending double leopard paw leading edge fore knuckle
strikes, and with descending middle knuckle strikes from two punches into the
same spot (this being the more painful option). What Sherman had showed was use
of the forearm bone could also accomplish the same thing.
You
never look at Kamae the same way
after this.
Other
examples of Kamae could be the opening
of Chinto kata, where the hands cross into an “X”, or the movement in the
beginning of Kusanku Kata where you form a Kamae similar to the one in Wansu
Kata. What is a Kamae is really a choice
you make when you perform a kata. How you choose to use it, is also your
choice.
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