When Push Comes To Shove – One Answer

Should you be pressed to respond, and you are unsure how to best us a technique series from your kata,

 

I have a principle that was shared with me long ago

The principle of Short Range Striking.

 

Not found directly in kata,

But using movements in a new way but also familiar.

 

Take anyplace there is a high block in a kata sequence.

 

Instead you replace it with a circular descending strike,

That begins like a high block,

But as the high block connects the arm begins to deflect down from that block,

And become a descending strike into the attacker.

 

The transition from the high block to the descending knife hand is done with a circular motion, when done with a shift in the hips becomes another force enhancer.

 

This permits you to be unpredictable in your use of technique.