I
was reading the article ‘Karate Training& What to Know About Fighting‘ by Kyan Chotoku and what he had to say about karate applications seemed
interesting. Just look at this passage.
"Even if
the opponent seizes your foot or leg, you can take advantage of it by quickly
stepping down and into him, reducing the risk of injury."
For this
suggestion I bring personal memories to mind.
The first
one I worked out was is anticipating someone was preparing to grab my kick, by
forcefully placing the foot down, not continuing in the kicking motion, can
become a forceful step forward to accompany a strike at the same time, which is
also a force enhancer.
Another
example came from my time training with Tristan Sutrisno. He once showed me an
Indoneasian answer to someone grabbing your foot, There upon forcefully stepping
down through that grab, through that motion with the foot movement. Which draws
them closer at the same time as they try to continue their attempted hold.
Which of course makes it easier to counter-attack their grabbing motion.
Both are
well within Isshinryu parameters. Of course the speed at which Shimabuku Sensei
delivered his kicks, really did not allow anyone to grab them either.
I know
because when I tried to ‘grab’ those kicks with screen capture, I could not do
so, only getting the retraction of the foot.
That is
likely the real Shimabuku Tatsuo lesson.
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