Isshin - Concentration the Art
Ongoing thoughts on my martial studies and interests, which encompass almost everything.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Training Awareness and Selling a Technique
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As an instructor you see various repeated experiences over the years. Ones such as places where a certain percentage of students begin to ...
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Discovering what is inside
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You have to open a rock to really see what is inside. It works the same way with kata.
When facing a sudden attack
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Thinking this morning of facing a really violent attack where the opponent starts moving towards you. Either with a straight strike, a hooki...
Friday, July 23, 2021
How I was taught light contact fighting
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This is what light contact felt like every class, when I was trained by Charles Murray from 1977 to 1979.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Thoughts on taking a breath
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Overall over the years I have developed a deeper understanding of breathing in karate. There are a number of separate issues here. ...
The art of studying kata movement application using the forearm
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I start with kata as being an energy development study, where your practice intensifies and your ability to bind the energies used becomes...
Friday, July 16, 2021
The Karate Certificate and its meaning.
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When I was a student with each promotion I received a new certificate of that promotion. Personally I just accumulated them, especially ...
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