The other night I
started thinking on the layers behind training. Where you find there is more
flex behind things than basic training.
Then I looked on the wall of the club and saw my
original kicking drills chart, which I learned my first night.
Not Kicking (Keri) in Salisbury was layered, there
were these basics, but you were encouraged to go to whatever level of other
kicking you could handle.
Much the same way, these basics are the basis of keri
in Isshinryu, but we have Young Lee doing a bang up job taking kicking far
beyond that. But that does not mean
these kicks are less, either.
So I started thinking of them a new way.
So starting with the
Original Lower Body Combinations of Lewis Sensei
First probably the original Okinawan kick was the
front kick, So I reordered the kicks to front kick and front kick similarities
first.
Original Lower Body Combinations of Lewis
Sensei
The original kick was likely the front
kick
1.
Front Snap Kick Seisan, Chinto,
a.
Ball of the foot
b.
Goju version ball
of the foot into a descending heel kick
c.
The variety of
toe kicks
d.
With the heel which the Okinawans used for sparring from Lewis Sensei
2.
Front Kick (Side)
– version from Wansu ending (old version contained a knee strike
a.
Wansu,
Kusanku
3.
Heel Strike
(Knee) – to the Sunsu version
4.
Knee Strike –
Wansu version and the Sunsu version Wansu
a.
Rising
Knee Strike,
b.
Inward
Knee Strike – taught by Charles Murray
5.
Cross Kick-
i.
originally a stomp to someone on the floor for
finishing.
ii.
Then to someone’s
legs
6.
Squat Kick a front
kick delivered on a 45 angle Sunsu
7.
Front Thrust
(from floor)
These blade of the foot kicks are
probably done because of Miyagi Chogun and the influence of Goju Ryu
8.
Knee Strike
(45degrees) Sunsu
9.
Side Snap Kick Wansu, Sunsu
10. Side Kick (45
degrees rear)
11. Side Kick
(on Floor)
12. Back Side Kick
and then a (Rear 45 degrees), Rear Kick
Other kicks
13. Crescent
kick - Kusanku
14. Rear Kick
15. Double Jump Kick
a.
Jumping Kick - Chinto
b.
Double Jumping
kick Kusanku
16. Roundhouse Kick
17. Stepping forward and backward
18. Naifanchi
Side Stepping
a.
Use of
such stepping into the lower legs of the opponent
I have always maintained that Isshinryu contains most of the variety of
kicking found on Okinawa. Of course there are layers to this, and I have
included a few of them, such as the front kick from Goju Seisan. I dealt with
this kick in my blog post Quicker
than the eye can see
All of which makes me think further. I am reminded how Tris Sutrisno
would take the kata he taught and turn them into short drills, working the
technique series of the kata. Now as interesting as that was I didn’t do the
same with our art. But I am wondering is the kicks could be taught in a
different order, such as tied to the kata being learnt.
Still students would learn the entire se, but the kicking
would be directly tied to the kata. And kicks not in the kata as additional
drills for everyone. I have no direct suggestions at this time, just a
consideration.
My .pdf showing some of the depth behind goju kicking
is interesting.
Or consider the .pdf of the kicking technique of Sesan
Toun’Ryu
I have also recently created two pdf.s on kicks in
SunNuSu (Sunsu).
Or the .pdf showing Andy Sloan doing the first ½ of
Sunsu kata.
Another recent thought on the same thing, which also ties into the layers
of learning.
First these varieties come from a variety of systems. There is nothing to
suggest one should do everything, However knowing what others may use is often
helpful.
1. To begin the standard in most systems the front
kick with the ball of the foot.
2. a variation we use in Isshinryu where the front
foot comes off of the floor at a 45 degree angle to strike with the ball of the
foot.
3. a variation we in many Isshinryu schools where the
front foot comes off of the floor at a 45 degree angle to strike with the
instep.
4. The front kick with the instep.
6. Variations of the front kick where the kick moves
past the target and uses the returning heel for striking from being.
7. The entire range of front kicks where the toes are
used for the strike; there are many varieties of this kick. One example is
found in the kicking developed for Uechi Ryu.
8. The front kick with a ‘stomp’ and the sole of the
foot strikes into the knee.
9. The front kick with the ball of the foot, which
then changes into a heel strike downward, as if striking the hip joint and then
driving the kick down as if to break that joint.
10. The front kick with the instep.
11. The front stomp kick as in driving down the heel
into the knee of someone.
12. The front stomp kick as in driving down the heel
into a foot.
13. The front stomp kick driving the heel down into
the groin, and then the toes ripping downward.
14. Even the way the Tou’on Ryu uses their front front
kick is a very different variation from what others do.
I am quite sure that I haven’t considered all the
possible versions. Nor the different methods of execution.
Then you might consider a variety of drills we use.
Itosu 8 point kicking reconstructed be me from a
description in John Sells ‘Unante’
Mabuni 7 point kicking reconstructed by me from a
description of the drill from Joe Swift.
The Kihon Ni Dan
drill we use
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