From Seisan Kata Technique Application Possibility To Seisan Kata Technique Realization

 

Onc you have chosen the application that appeals to you the next step is to move towards really being able to use it in many circumstances. (This process is necessary for every technique in every of your kata, regardless of your system.)  This is the larger part of being able to actually trust the technique.

 

What you need to do is train repeatedly against every sort of attack. Every technique will not work against every attack. You must realize whatever limitations.

 

The basic study uses a step in punch to work against. Everyone must start somewhere, but using that attack to learn the application possibility is one thing, but not sufficient for what you may face when attacked.

 

First realize the lead hand punch is as much as a punch as a lead hand grab which you are more likely face. So work the lead hand grab then the rear hand grab.  Learn how to make each work for you.

 

Or a grab and a punch, or a grab and a kick.

 

Then work the lead hand punch (or jab) then the reverse hand punch.

Work against  the attacker stepping away and using either hand punching.

Work against a  right-left hand double strike. Then work against a left –right hand double strike.

Work against a right kick, then learn what happens when you face a left kici.

Works  against a right punch and a left kick, then against a right punch and a right kick. Also work against a left punch and a right kick as well as a left punch aand a left kick.

 

By now you see where this is going. Work every possibility of attack over and over again. Against a slow attack, against faster and faster attacks.

 

Find what works and master the application until  you reach Technique Realization. Only then do you really know the application.

 

A quick word of advice, a much larger challenge than just knowing that the application is possible.