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Post by Bob Davis on Jan 14, 2011 13:33:07 GMT
Just a quick off the cuff (so not a lot of thought ) but, given this move starts with the arms already raised, rather than bringing them up to break an over arm hug, try it as an escape from a rear hug under the arms, the position is just nice to get the knuckles into the floating ribs whilst using the lean forward and then the following twist to turn out of the hold. I had a similar issue using the opening of Heian Nidan as an escape from a side hug, works fine, breaks the hug, pulls them off balance and puts you in a good position for some close in counters BUT with an experienced opponent it also puts them in the ideal position to apply a rear strangle and once you've got the idea of this strangle you can apply it pretty much every time without fail so I don't use this any more. (shame, seemed like such a good idea at the time but then that is what experimentation is for)
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Post by fujicolt on Jan 15, 2011 16:07:02 GMT
Hi Garage - I don't think we have met so i am not sure of your physical size and shape. But I have trained with Bob and know he is a huge great lump. Whereas i am only 5'7''.
One thing to be conscious of is that some techniques will be either hindered or helped by the physical size of those involved and tis may or may not influence your experimentation. most things work best with people of similar size and weight. try with several opponents afore giving up on something and looking for a variation.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein
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Post by fujicolt on Jan 16, 2011 23:33:28 GMT
Oh and returning to the kata - don't forget the old mentsuki Waza implication here. Fits lovely!
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Post by fujicolt on Jan 18, 2011 19:54:44 GMT
who said you are striking backwards
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Post by jimlukelkc on Mar 12, 2011 21:01:58 GMT
After the arms return to the front from the double rear strike think of that as trapping your opponents arms, the turn then becomes a throw? It works quite well and is a possible application. When training for kata bunkai we tend to forget that the original kata date back to when it was a much less specialised art, a jutsu so to speak rather focusing on kick and punch applications. When looked at from that point of view there appear many more throws and joint attacks than you would have previously thought.
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