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...

Energy Discussion

by admin | Nov 16, 2018 | Energy, Information, People

  In Tai Chi and Kyusho While in Taiwan this year I met and talked with a Tai Chi Sifu so named "Bloomberg".   PS:  I tried to post this to YouTube, but the music he was playing in the background at his home,created a copyright restriction on my account. ...

Brainwaves 3

by admin | Nov 2, 2018 | Energy, Science, Training

  Another Look We have a couple of films on Brainwave sessions we have done throughout the years, some informal, others more formal.  The film above was more informal, but still interesting in retrospect. This compilation film, will illustrate a few of them with...

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...