by admin | Dec 21, 2018 | Information, Protection, Styles, Training
White Crane - Black Tiger Kyusho in Siu Nim Tau - Tegumi (in the Platinum Subscription) Here is yet more correlation of Wing Chun to the Bubishi: This KO is not only in Wing Chun (White Crane) but also in the Kata Gojushiho (Black Tiger)... it is not...
by admin | Dec 14, 2018 | Protection, Science, Styles, Training
There is a Difference Knowing the real structure and how it works, will increase your skill exponentially. Unfortunately most Kyusho-Ka's are stuck in the "Pressure Point" paradigm and will never reach their full potential. It is not due to their...
by admin | Nov 23, 2018 | Styles, Training
A Classic Pose of Kata But what does it really mean? The Thrusting Nukite (spear hand strike), seen in so many Kata from the beginner Heians to the more advanced Kata like Kusanku, has far more possibility than most Instructors teach. The use of Kyusho...
by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Beginner, Protection, Styles, Training
A Progression Old styles of Martial Arts had Katas that trained the body in levels of progression. You were not allowed to learn a new Kata unless you had mastered the prior Kata. With a style comprised of only one, two or three forms, this was still a life...
by admin | Oct 19, 2018 | Bubishi, Styles, Training
From yet another Old Master or Founding Father... Yes General Choi Hing Hi, the founder of Taekwon-do added the Kyusho (he called Kupso) to his encyclopedia of Taekwon-do, a huge set of 15 volumes depicting the original ways of his style. Specifically located...
by admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Bubishi, Styles, Training
The Rule of Yin and Yang The Rule of Yin and Yang is not limited to positive and negative, but in the transition ever constant in these dueling polarities. As one can not exist without the other, they also can not exist in stagnation. Energy is a...