Nukite

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...

Sanchin – Tensho – Seiunchin

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...

Kyusho of TKD

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...

Cranes and Tigers and Dragons Oh My

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...

Sanchin Tegumi

by admin | Oct 5, 2018 | Styles, Training

  Full Film Link Below The Hey You Say Most practitioners of Sanchin hold fast to the idea and practice of the Kata as a meditation, body strengthening, body conditioning and breath control method.  Few look at the infinite possibilities of Sanchin as a complete...

Suparempi

by admin | Sep 28, 2018 | Bubishi, Styles, Training

  The Missing Kata Suparempi (108 Steps) Kanbun Uechi travelled from his home in Okinawa to the Fujian province of south China in the year 1897.  There he studied the martial system of Pan Gai noon under the master Chou Tsu Ho (Shu Shi Wa), for thirteen (Seisan)...