Okinawan
Karate – the Art of Grappling with Strikes
First shared on YouTube in February 2016
Of course when I
saw this two days ago, it was the first time I saw it.
It makes a point
that these are very different times from the past when nothing was available.
Then just
because a video is available and you watch if for 15 seconds that does not mean
you gained much from it.
For one thing it
shows there are many potentials within karate movement. NOBODY does everything,
nor should they.
There are many
right answers. All you have to do is make your training in your way work, every
time. That is what training is about.
Still it makes a
case for showing some answers for logical analysis of kata movements, in this
case grappling answers.
For myself,
first level of analysis, I would not choose such answers. Not that they aren’t
there, but for the ages I have taught,
and the time students had to give what I shared, this answer did not fit the
way I explored and taught my Isshinryu program.
But everything
is not equal. Being most obsessive these days, I do have the time, I made over
500 screen prints of this short video. Something for my long term students to review.
What is being
shown is, a Kata movement, a throwing potential for that movement, and a
contest in a range of arts where this movement is in actual use. Or what it
looks like in contest.
This video
speaks of a lot of work, not just the analysis, but taking the time to find
actual usage to compare the throwing against.
The video
presents a range of options.
Defensively, no matter how you practice Isshinryu, they show
attacks you could face, and also throws to work defenses against with your use
of Isshinryu. More than just static beginning practice. Similar to how I have
used movements from many systems forms to study defense with our own practices.
Offensively,
there are movements shown which are similar to Isshinryu movements, and you
might study the manner in which they use them.
I am not sure
what system(s) this represents, of even if the exact movements are used in
their kata, the movements may have been stylized for these throws. But I can
see the potential they present.
There is so much
to consider, even in our own efforts. I
just suggest that these throws are ones you might face, and if so having a
defense worked out ahead of time, and even practices might be a good thing.
This is another
different look at karate technique potential. Its use as a throwing art.
The have taken
the time to show not just the movements and the throw they suggest, but also a
version of the movement in Judo, Wresting. Chinese Wrestling. Sumo, etc.
Most of the kata
shown are not our kata, but some of the movements are very similar. You have
enough knowledge of karate in general to see what is suggestion.
I realize you
will probably not use them. But it can’ hurt to understand the potential And
that some might use kara this way.
This highlites
there are many more options that can be found than there are opportunities to
train. No one can do everything. But each generation should consider different
op;tions to follow, insuring no one knows what you have taught. Past answers
are not necessarily the best for the future. Maximum
unpredictability.
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