How to make Karate blocks work
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- A look into the effectiveness of traditional Shotokan karate blocking and how to make it more applicable to a real world or self defence scenario, also a look at applying blocks in free sparring / kumite
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Thanks for taking on directly this frequently misunderstood aspect of karate training. Keep up the great content!
Yeah these guys are just awesome. So happy we have people like them for sure 👑
I've trained kung fu. I've trained jujustsu. Exactly the same as karate. Bridgeing techniques. Grappling techniques
We actually do a lot of these types of blocks in Muay Thai, and they're all very effective. Anything that can redirect a blow and throw your opponent off balance or put them in an awkward position for a moment can be capitalized on. Karate is very mechanical in practice, but the applications are actually very effective and universal.
There is an old saying "Blocks can be Strikes and Strikes can be Blocks" .
Also blocks can deflect,trap, and/or directly control an attack.
This being said you're showing good examples of what blocks can do and be. Too many people only understand the surface level uses for blocks. Keep up the good work on your videos.👍🥋😎
Correct. Technically there are no "Dedicated Blocks" in Isshinryu Karate. By the time you are brown or black belt, you have heard "blocks can be strikes and strikes can be blocks" hundreds of times in the Dojo.
@@WadeSmith-oe5xd As I bet you know sometimes a block can be a grappling move too.
Blocks are very versatile.
@@mizukarate Yes. Of course. One of my favorite maneuvers is to open hand block my opponents hook punch and then grapple them and pull them down into my own punch, kick, or knee strike. It roughly doubles the force of the strike.
@@WadeSmith-oe5xd Wenn aber ein Block ein Angriff auf Vitalpunkte am Arm sind (Kyusho Jitsu) dann sollte man den Blockarm- Faust erst im allerletzten Moment drehen. Wenn der Blockarm mit 30 Km/h kommt und man die Faust mit 30 Km/h dreht, trifft man mit 60 Km/h auf. Physikalisch gesehen ist doppelte Geschwindikeit 4 x (Im Quadrat) mehr Energie.
The "fold up" at the beginning of the block is the actual block. The second motion is an attack that is a forearm strike, a lock, a throw, a limb control, a joint dislocation, etc.
Yes, that’s what I explained in the video. The “block” happens in the middle of the technique
Luckily more people are starting to teach real applications such as John Burke and Iain Abernathy (sure I spelled that wrong...).
A block is a lock as a blow is a throw. With creativity we can make anything work for something 🥋
jesse Kamp :)
Of course, they can be interpreted many different ways, and I also teach them in different ways at different times
Have you ever thought of learning a martial art that works out of the box, without having to daydream 'creative' stupid shit to patch it and make it at least somehow work?
And are you not afraid that this 'creative' stuff you create can make you or somebody else suffer injury or death in real situation, because, let us face it, you pulled it out of your ass?
@@jkgardiner not to mention the shoulder workout that comes with drilling blocks for hours 💪🏼
@@classified-rv7pp definitely, there is certainly a benefit to drilling loads of reps of kihon 👍🏼
Yes, Geidan Barai and all the “Uke” techniques aren’t “blocks” and we need to stop calling them that. They’re combination techniques that may START with a block/parry OR a grab: the initial open hand reaching out at the beginning of the combo.
But the rest of the combo is one or more strikes, joint locks, or takedowns
Jesse Enkamp gave is version of the meanings of karate’s blocks :
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Love his videos
Great video. This is how I was taught. We started at lower belts working "checkpoints" with our hands to be linear and look crisp in kata. At brown belt we started to apply the same technique you showed of using the lead hand to parry and the "blocking" hand to make the second contact as a strike. The blocks at that level became more circular with the lead hand and less linear. We used the Kyoku katas (Shudokan karate) to train that method of blocking. At black belt we started to transition to using the blocking hand for joint locks or throws.
I like what you are saying. I’ve never seen anyone use a block in sparring. Yet so much of shotokan is built around blocks. Step kumite teaches to use the blocks, as well, blocks. So, unless that is all just BS that Japanese teachers passed to the west, something doesn’t align.
This is the main reason I quit karate to go to other martial arts. Imagine, if you went to scuba diving school and they taught you something that would have you drown, just for practicing? But then, when you actually dive, you do something else. Something you’ve not practiced at all in the basics. That’s essentially step kumite vs sparring in shotokan. The link and progression, the building of one thing upon another is broken. Something was lost in translation.
The translation that was lost, is that uke means "to receive" -
It is very clear that almost all uke techniques is for dealing in the clinch.
I like the way it is illustrated in this video by ramsey Dewey
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What happened was, as japanese karate morphed from southern Chinese kung fu into okinawan toudi, the Japanese already had jujitsu, so there's no need for a grappling based system. And it was called Chinese hand. The Japanese hate the Chinese, so it became empty hand. The Japanese ruined karate
It’s very interesting that one of my Sensei, who was trained on several different disciplines of martial arts including karate, teaches blocking exactly the same way you do, with an open hand, while the other, who is a traditional karate-ka, teaches blocking with a closed fist.
Closed fisted blockes you can do if you are gonnah hammer fist block with your forearm also but open hand gives you more control to guid the attack/parry and grab cause fingers are free and not closed , you can even block with front hand open to grab and back hand is closed to punch after the grab , so mix it up
@@crisalcantara7671 just a bit more danger of getting your fingers broken with open hand.
@ninjafruitchilled only beginners say that and have that problem , you don't know how parry kicks work? No offense but it's not with the fingers
@@crisalcantara7671 I'm not saying don't use open hand stuff, I'm just saying you have to watch your fingers more. And it's absolutely not just beginners, in fact probably beginners are safer since they don't go at each other so hard. It's not hard to break your fingers even with your fist closed.
I wish all sensei were like yours, i asked this days a dojo about how they teach traditional karate, the told me 0 contact in kumite
In the military I learned a very, very valuable lesson. When the SHTF you will fall back on your training. You will not even think about it, you will just do it. And the military has excellent training.
Now, what if your training is on a bunch of things that don’t work, aren’t applicable, or just plain wrong. Like karate blocks. Well, you will fall back and do what you trained, in a stressful situation like an attack. Maybe that’s why so many black belts get their asses handed to them by untrained street fighters? Yep.
100%!!
I think what i found very interesting was Ramsey Dewey, an ex pro mma fighter and now coach, showed karate blocks working to strip a collar tie, which was pretty effective for wrestling.
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I know karate blocks work , most people don't know that karate blocks are actually strikes
How do you use them as strikes when you're face to face with someone in the street? Are you using the set motion to attack or block anything?
A block can also be used to do damage yes
@JDivinorumVideo smaller movements instead of exaggerates movements like what they teach , do you get it now browsky
Probably most things taught as blocks in kata are not blocks at all. Shotokan with its simplified childrens bunkai is the worst offender for not teaching what the kata techniques actually are.
This is why i always focus on the middle action of my blocks,oss sensei thanks💪👊👏
Excellent brief explanation of some of the blocks, please please create a few more of these videos as there are so many Karate blocks which are misunderstood how they really work. Thank you, Sensei Gardiner🙏🙇
Excellent, concise breakdown of "receiving techniques". Thank you for sharing such important distinctions, such as these in your video, so that, at the very least, potential (or even current) students of Karate can see the true applications of various techniques throughout the curriculum. Well done, Sir.
Well, that totally makes sense. That's why before making a block, we always have a preparing hand (to do what you did or grab the opponent's arm or leg) and then the block follows. I also learned that every block is also an attack, so I agree with what you say in this video. Osu!
Very insightful. Loved it.
Advanced explanation and practical! Most people that make these comments aren’t experienced enough to make them! It’s never the style it’s the practitioners that make the basics work. Very well explained! Understand the basic and introduce it to your karate! OSS! 🥋
Thank you, if it’s above their level of understanding it’s easier and more comfortable for them to say I’m wrong rather than question their own karate.
Nicely done, I've studied for over 40 years and not enough teachers instruct on that point... 🤙🏼
I tried the karate blocks that I learned as a kid in a jail cell. I didn’t have the option to bob and weave and slip to the side and all that footwork in that tight space. Not all of them worked, but yeah, they work. Maybe they won’t work against an amateur boxer or some trained fighter, but for sure they work for self defense against untrained nut jobs. Also, I’ve seen Muay Thai fighters and guys in bkfc use blocks and they do work there too. People who say they don’t work are people who never trained bunkai or kumite, and can’t use blocks cause they themselves suck at it. My first year of college, I tested a 4th degree taekwondo black belt who was my girl friend’s friend. Yeah, blocks work. Add them to your arsenal. They don’t work alone, as seen in this video. But, knowing them is better than not. It’s like having a knife and losing your fight and blaming the knife.
I think most people would agree that you use the big formal blocks to build muscle memory, and during actual sparring, it becomes a short flinch movement. The latter is more likely to succeed if we actually drill using the more realistic scenario and smaller flinch movements. It raises the question of how necessary the large formal movements are. I'm not saying that they have no value, but that question of how much value is a valid one.
I am using the full block in this video with the middle part doing three deflection and the end part controlling the arm. It depends on the mindset when practicing the basic blocks. If you practice just to make shapes then that’s all it will be, but if you practice with intention then it can work.
But as you say it is possible you could get that result without practicing the big formal blocks.. as a lot of other arts do.
very good explanation of how "blocks" do really work. Unfortunately its often neglected in so called classical 3K Karate training. The standard forms like go-hon kumite or kihon ippon kumite and so on...all train this "demonstration" version and mentality of blocks. It took me a long time to actually really change my muscle memory to actively use both hands and use mawashi block and counter everywhere. I recommend studying things like Kakie and Renzoku waza to get used to close distances. And do sparring with/like MMA guys ;) The funny thing is, as soon as you add "contact" to sparring, two things will happen: 1. everything happens right in your face and much closer and 2. zukis/punches are loosing the "snapiness" known from Kumite, since now they are meant to hit, not just to score points. And suddenly all these block and grab things you described, start to work very effectively. For me it was an eye opener...thanks for sharing.
Is that.... NAT HEARN!?!?
Right on with this so often misunderstood because full range blocks are done in basics they seem to think that it applies to all combat situations,Well explained.
I think it was in Nakayama's Dynamic Karate book, that full range of motion in blocks is primarily used for training purposes and that in reality, there might not be enough time to execute full-range block.
I like your videos. I started practicing karate again after 10 years. Channels like yours help me a lot. Thank you from Brazil!
From my understanding ofbShotkan Karate practice for a few years now I feel like most "blocks" are actually counter attacks in someway and that most of them are actually used to grab, twist, pull and break the attacking arm, etc... or deflect the force of said attacks away from you as to gain an opening for your blows. I tend to mostly counter and strike in onen single motion and not rely solely on the blocking itself since the more you block the more chances you are sort of giving the opponent to get a hit in you. I always strive to keep in mind that Shotokan Karate is a martial art nit meant for a bunch of fance attacks but rather to end the fight in a single strike if possible or as quickly as possible. TY for your insight and knowledge as usual great video.
I train shorin ryu and in this style it is obvious that we cross our arms when blocking.
Excellent as always. I tell students that Uke means to receive so like the parries you are doing, but also in Okaniwan Te they were Ate or smashing techniques taught as Uke to young people to make them safer as you describe.🥋🙏
That was helpful. Thank you. Very clear moves.
Thanks this is really useful, I’ve always considered why certain techniques weren’t effective in a practical sense, but rather it being the finished product of a move doing the block, the movement in between is actually where the action is taking place.
I’m going to be using this in my own classes!
Thanks to John and nate for sharing this "masterpriece" of knowledge...The "interception in the middle", the different angles ...thanks a lot...I teach similar elements to my students here.
Fantastic explanation and Why regular Karate works 🙂🙏
Everyone needs to show those naysayers that Dont know shit about Karate but praices MT/ Boxing etc!
Im doing Kyokushin but we pretty much doing Boxing techniqs and blocks, as Mas was a boxer from the beginning and loved that style of strike/ block!
Of course we also do Kata. It's the essence of Karate - something we should all respect and be Proud of!
Karate is special in every way vs say Boxing / MT as it gives one so much more, in every plain IMHO. Nothing like Karate 🙌 🥋
Respect to you guys and keep up the Good Work!
OSS!!
Shotokan is a ritualized style from Funikoshi's original Okinawa-te.
Yes. We know from real military use and self defense use that the blocks in Isshinryu Karate not only work, but when done full force they can break the Radius of the attacker's arm. This is especially true of the "double chop block" found in Isshinryu and Kenpo karate's "Five Swords" self defense form. We know from real self defense cases that even a WOMAN can break an adult male attacker's arm in one place using a Chop Block, and a man can break the attacker's arm in two places by using a double chop block.
If I fought in the UFC when I was 20 years old, I would get BANNED because I would seriously injure their 185 pound fighters. I'd break their arms or legs with scientifically proven blocks, before we even got to what would happen if I punched or kicked somebody full power.
Actually there are no "blocks" in karate 🥋🙏
Oss!
Up/down/Inside/outside block is actually a breaking of the hand or strikes...
Looks like you've taken some techniques from Wing Chun. Such as the pak sau against the straight punch.
Great insights! Thanks for sharing!!
finally some sensible illustrative honest demo... the double touch here described is originally contained in the older Okinawan styles. Hidari Uchi uke always have a migi Soto uke movement before. It got lost in transfer from Okinawa to japan. Not so effective against punches is good against grabs, as said in the video. if you want to block effectively against western style punches, please analyse Kyokushin techniques. I started practising Shotokan when i was 11 yo. After nidan i moved to Shorin as i wanted to understand the roots of Karate. After many years and a rokudan, I moved again to Kyokushin (which I teach now). so at 62 I went full circle ;) and im please to see young sucessful Martial Artist asking the same questions I asked myself 45 years ago. Osu.
Hello. I'm from Spain. I don't speak English well. Congratulations on the magnificent work you do.
I would like to ask you to make some videos about defenses in low attacks and in defenses against kicks... A cordial greeting
Ultimately it ends up looking like wing chun blocks, which is understandable. In a street fight, you aren’t actually gonna block (unless someone weaker is attacking you, which is unlikely) and hence boxing is best, helps you avoid getting hit.
A great way to make karate blocks work:
1) learn to Box
2) learn to cover, slip and parry
3) don't learn karate blocks.
Thank you soo much . I understood this a little bit but never knew how to connect the dots . Thank God for MMA , UFC and internet videos on pullups and handstand pushups ...
Can you please upload a video for effective blocks for kick and punches which work in kumite??
Any technique can be defensive or offensive. The division is only for educational purposes, but in the end, there is only the intent of the executioner that decides the purpose of a technique.
A good exercise is to imagine how a technique works in the reverse direction. For example, an oi zuki in reverse is a hikite or grab. A gedan barai becomes an upwards block or a jerk away.
hI jOHN Gardiner. Your karate is good! 😃😃CHEERS.
Karate blocks are legit, some years ago I sparred an old guy In kickboxing who was a goju black belt. He kept blocking my punches exactly as showed in this video. Was a real eye opener lol
I kinda gave up on traditional karate blocking. Just ask Loren Christensen a former cop and black belt in karate. Hes been in more actual fights than the average dojo ballerina. Hes had to use more violent techniques while as an MP in Vietnam and Portland Oregon PD. If I had to learn semi traditional karate, Id learn itvfrom Loren
Kyokushin karate can break any block And any Martial arts can't block kyokushin brutal strikes.
Good video. This idea that a "real punch" will be fired out and snapped back is a myth. That is people confusing sport with real life. Even professional fighters often lack hand discipline and just let their hands fall after striking, especially when they're tired. If you look at videos of real fights and assaults you'll see most of the time people are trying to take each other's head off. The throw a punch, lean into it, and then let their first fall as they pull it back. It doesn't matter how trained or untrained a person is, they tend to fight in a swimming motion and you can even see this in professional boxing and MMA. This means the arms stay in play longer than people think so parrying then clearing the arm with a "block" (off balancing and turning the attacker in the process) is both possible as well as practical.
good explanation between kihon (training mode) and Kihon application. thx
Nice you showed a block against a hook at the end. By far the commonest punch on the street is an overland right, and rolling with a covering block works but not palming.
If you show us a real spin hook kick confronting and blocking another spin hook kick coming from the opponent .then how you continue by jumping and kicking by the another free leg .
I came to think that these traditional blocks don't work against fast strikes as interception. So I switched to using blocks as strikes aimed mostly at the guard/arms of the opponent. Hit the arm really hard and they will immediately drop their guard in pain. Curiously age uke which I thought was the most useless block saved my life on three occasions. Once in the forest chopping a tree a dead branch came down and I saved myself a cracked skull with the block. Twice working in a homeless shelter I was attacked, once with a log of firewood and once with an axe. Both time age uke saved me though I took horrible bruises on the arms
It's all about reflex movement. To get good reflex, you mut practice again and again until your body is able to move without you think about the movement.
Good educationals.Basics is for the body to learn. Regards
I believe that patterns in martial arts-whether they are kata, poomsae, or jurus-are teaching tools rather than fighting tools. There is a certain amount of exaggeration expected
Great video, That is a great way to think about those techniques! Maybe you have similar thoughts about the application of attacks and wanna do another video about that too? 😊
In Okinawa karate all blocks are actually strikes to disable the attacker's limb or limbs ..
This guy is so jacked, I'm sure he could use ballet and still win the fight.
I did Karate when I was a teenager, in my opinion Karate totally works. Have a nice day
Osss
I found out that one of the most important things in martial arts is to be open minded
A closed mind prevents development. There are many ideas out there and not all will suit everyone one, but it’s worth hearing different ideas whether they work for you or not
Learn how wing chun or tai chi defend punch then you will understand
oss,,,,,never new uke means we recieve the strike not just block
Very good, been thinking about this in my style too - Uiechi ryu
Your video has been helpful thanks
Now it is almost the same as wing chun. You have to stay in contact.
How big are you? and what size is your Gi? thank you
Вот и я, через практику пришёл к такому же выводу. ОС
Punch flying, 200ms
Hand blocking, 200ms
Head movement to dodge, 100ms
@@eklim2034 if you watched the full video you will have seen that I prefer this idea for them reaching out to grab…
Just keep the beard. Take an aikido class.
Great stuff! We have a similar take in these karate blocks 😊
Yes! Marriage hands! You are a real martial artist
Explanation was okay , however If you are NOT practising your stuff against a non-karatéka ‘tech ique’ then your argument is not valid 🙄
What makes you think I don’t?
That was yet another great practical non BS video! Thankyou Sensei John (and Nate of course). Interesting how it starts to look a bit like Wing Chun (close body blocks etc.) that caught my eye. Not exactly, just some overlaps in efficiency of movement.
Thank you, I always say there are more similarities than differences in the martial arts.
Great Krav Maga video, enjoyed it.
Kumite and sport fighting reward speed over everything. Rewarding attacks that are faster and less commital, and thus making only parries more suitable for defense.
You wouldn't fully age uke a boxer's jab, but an age uke to a bigger, more commital, overhand is more justifiable.
Yes I’ve shown that on a video here in the past as well, using the age uke against a big swing
karate block and form never work, look at Karate Combat, just boxing and kicking (without low kick). No one can do single decent block, just dodge, dash, cover
You didn’t watch the video did you
I am practicing wing chun and improoved blocks you show is already exist in wing chun
The arts have more similarities than differences
Thank you so much!!!
Keep it up ❤
I kind of consider most karate movements as blows! Except the withdrawing hand which I believe has always something in it! ie opponents clothing, hair, back neck, beard etc…
And upward rising block smashed under someone’s chin would certainly make them think.
I suppose as long as the job gets done.. who cares how..
“It doesn’t matter what colour the cat is, as long as it gets the mouse” - Lee Morrison
Yes I also teach them as strikes at different times. I like to teach a range of ideas for different techniques.
Very important point, very well explained. Osu.
One other point is that strategy in consensual violence (kumite and combat sports) is different to strategy in typical ambush style self-defense. It doesn't matter whether you think blocks work in the street, your body will do it anyway. If a punch is coming your hand will flinch into some kind of primitive block position, probably age uke if your hands were down, and that's where you will start your counter from.
Definitely, this is the main thing people forget, MMA and arranged fighting is not the same as non-consensual violence
I love when I watch a video - consume the content, appreciate it and they earn the like and subscribe. Osu Sensei!
3rd Kyu here training to earn the Shodan and beginning the Karate journey.
Thank you. I’m glad to have helped and I hope you find my other videos useful 👍🏼
In my opinion, the best way to block upper punch is using Te Nagashi Uke or Parry...
Yes that is what I’m doing here, the middle part of the age uke is the parry
I did karate for 7 years and read several books, my conclusion is that no one really knows what exactly the movements are for. Blocks, strikes, breaks, throws, setups, combos or just plain over stylized movement. The fact is no one uses pure karate techniques in free fights. Yes maybe a kick or two. Add to that that modern karate does not appear very similar to the ancient techniques, stances etc and the fact that many movements from other styles were incorporated into karate and you must ask is this stuff all just made up from misconseptions and deliberately obscure stuff over hundreds of years. I practice judo now, no grey areas, a choke is a choke, a break is a break and throws are throws we can tweak all we want but everyone knows what the moves are for and most of the different ways they can be done.
@@gerardhart9052 I’ve also done some judo and that influences my karate.
I’m interested in does it work, not if it’s the original intention, things should move on.
I teach full blocks at my karate, I teach them to full blocks against long range power attacks to which I instruct them to evade their body just out of range of the attack and then use the full block to destroy the attacking limb. Basically full blocks to me are attacks. close range blocks for me look similar to what you demonstrate but a lot less advanced than what you perform and do not create any opportunities as your do. The video has got me thinking now. Thankyou for uploading this great video
@@winge-dogjones2492 thank you, I also teach a few different ideas similar to what you described in your comment (blocks as attacks). I think it’s good to always think about how we can improve our karate and our understanding of it.
Great video but I don´t agree.
I learned this blocks as a kid in taekwondo and forgot about them while practicing other striking martial arts when I saw that they don´t work when sparring, or if they work, they left me exposed.
Recently I am training judo and for the first time I found the applications of all those blocks, they are effective to remove the grip of your opponent, some of them dislocate or even transition to other techniques.
I think the karate/taekwondo blocks were designed with a different purpose and nobody knows what were they for.
@@happymonster9098 I used them exactly how I did in this video in a judo competition, parrying the opponents reach for a grip.
What we actual karate people need to stop doing is attempting to explain things to people who've never set foot on a dojo floor. If they've not spent at least five to ten years of training, we owe them no explanation about anything. The knowledge you're disseminating in this video should come naturally to those who train correctly and long enough.
@@MifuneBoBune yes that’s true, however unfortunately if you read some of the comments I get, it’s actually karateka telling me I’m wrong and that what I’m doing doesn’t work..
One of the biggest problems with karate is people who do karate who think anything different to what they’ve been shown is wrong.
You are wrong...sorry but you are wrong, karate is not for sparring and block is not think for sparring. Is simple so if you want think about age uke for sparring you are not in the correct way
I never said it was for sparring. If you watch the video and listen you will see that I had him reach out for a grab.
Watching when you have already made your mind up that I’m wrong doesn’t allow for you to properly listen to what I’m saying.
Out of the MILLIONS of fight videos available today, I've yet to see anyone use a "karate block."
As I said in the video this kind of “blocking” is best against someone trying to grab you, look at judo when people are fighting for grip, these parrys are more common there. They aren’t meant for a ring type fight which is very different from self defence.
The correct answer is no. If you block my kick with your arm, I guarantee my leg is stronger lol
There are no kicks being blocked in this video
Great video. Good ideas.
Good work.
More importantly, alike a boxer, it’s about associated footwork, body evasion …etc. It’s not just about the block by and of itself.
Keep them coming.
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I can block straight punches with age uke, no matter how fast they are. It depends on the starting point of the block, I'm holding my both arms in jodan kamae which is very similar to a boxing stance. From this position I can block every punch or kick very fast. A chudan kamae isn't effective for blocking due to its long way to the target. And your chin is open. An upward block similar to age uke exists even in Muay Thai. It's just a matter of habit.
Yes and in your example you are doing what I’m explaining, making the connection in the middle of the block as your hands are already there in the kamae position. I actually demonstrated it in the video in the kumite part.
How about uchi uke then?
@@jkgardiner I'm using it as a short rotation of the forearm, it's enough to refirect a punch. Sometimes I simultaneously combine it with my kagi zuki/mawashi zuki of the rear hand (using gyaku hanmi), it lands in most cases.
Estas diciendo que, al entrenar los bloqueos como lo enseña el karate es aprender movimientos qué no sirven. Por qué no aprender directamente lo que propones, así nos ahorramos movimientos inútiles. Estoy de acuerdo contigo en parte, pero creo que hay que mirar a escuelas más antiguas antes que el Japón convierta al karate de Okinawa en el sistema de educación física y deporte de contacto que ahora se enseña en Okinawa y Japón llamado Karate moderno, o karate tradicional. Antes de que se use el típico uniforme blanco del judo Japonés.... será una interesante investigación.
The movements are not useless, the age uke (rising block) for example has a cross in the middle which I am demonstrating here as a parry. The problem is the mindset when practicing these movements, if you understand what your intention is then the techniques are useful.
I'm pretty confident in that if the blocks don't work, you're using them wrong
Of course, and this is my version of using them right
Hi John.
Is it Tokaido Yakudo on you?
I love this video.