Tai Chi Press

by admin | Apr 21, 2023 | Styles

Yang Meets Yin In all the major styles of Tai Chi Chuan, Yang, Chen, Sun, Wu, Fu... there is a movement or posture named Press, For the most part it is used in a Yang outward pushing or striking action with full physical integration to increase and focus full body...

Sanchin by Anthony Rotella

by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | Styles, Training

A Kyusho Breakdown Several of the Shihans in Kyusho International pick a project of breaking down a Kata, many not in their own style. They perform the Kata, Breakdown self defensive applications, then work them into freestyle sparring. This is to help those that do...

Strike Ears WIth Fists

by admin | May 27, 2022 | Styles

The Classic Posture from Tai Chi as well as Passai or Bassai Kata and several other ancient Kata postures. It can also be seen in the Ancient Bubishi in many forms of application which all are designed to quickly disable the opponent. Defensive Use-case - Offensive...

Neck Crank

by admin | Mar 18, 2022 | Styles

Neck Crank All Kata applications could be and probably were Fatal for the opponent, as they were designed to document the most powerful actions in a style. There are several ways to apply the Neck Crank, however Kyusho adds not only efficiency, but also an ability to...

Dropping Elbow

by admin | Mar 4, 2022 | Styles

Oyatas Passai - Application 4 Dropping Elbow The spinal area of the human body is not only difficult to attain targeting on, except in certain circumstances, it is one of the more dangerous areas to target. This is not just because of possible injury to the spine,...

Oyata’s Passai – Application 3

by admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Styles

Knee'em in the face Following along with the Kata, after the fist and palm salute descend toward the Hara, we then drop into a "Cat Stance" (Neko Ashi Dachi). This can be a backup for the prior Kyusho attack method as we can never count on the actions of an opponent...