In the mood to
engage in a little free speculation today.
There is a
section in the Isshinru Seosan Kata, where you first side block and the double
punch, front kick, and deliver and ending punch.
Of many
underlying principles the one that comes to the top to me is the Overload
Principle. Throwing so many things at an opponent, assuming they have
strengthened their body to accept a blow, the many almost simultaneous strikes
allow one of them to breach that core protection and end the matter.
One variation
might be to begin with the forward foot stepping on their instep. Then
delivering those strikes, so when they do go down they also injure that foot in
the process.
Another
variation might be to move the kick to the end, for a big finish, so they face
a 1,2,3 punching pattern then an ending kick.
Of course the
action might be performed with a ‘block as press down (Osae)’ or with a ‘block
that sucks, pulling them forward’ closer to your response, as well as a ‘block
as a opening strike’ and of course a ‘block as a deflection’ Each use of the
block creating a different place to move the opponent into for the rest of the
response.
In a similar
vein you can go forward, or you can move in reverse, or you can shift to the
side angles (both sides of the strike) and obtain different answers.
But I reflect on
the technique found in another very old Okinawan kata, that of Kata Jion.
I have read speculation that the older method of striking, was to strike to the head, and the strikes to the chest were later changes to striking allowing safer group instruction.
Of course, it is
interesting, but I have no idea if that was how it came about. Certainly
strikes into the chest work.
But lets play
with that idea l little.
The three
strikes could be delivered to face, solar plexus then groin. I have these
photos of my instructor Tom Lewis doing something like this.
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