(Approx 2 minute 35 second read) Many applications of kata focus too heavily on the individual techniques – the limb movements shown in the kata – while neglecting the underlying principles that give those techniques life. . When you focus only on specific techniques, kata often seems to be just a sequence of moves to…
Month: October 2024
Resistance is NOT Futile: Facing Reality – Showing, Preparing, and Practicing Resistance in Your Training.
(Approx 1 minute 55 second read) There is so much phony self-defense out there: demonstrations in which a defender successfully intercepts an attack – a punch, a kick, or a knife stab – and then “destroys” the attacker with ease. . The defense just wouldn’t work against anyone other than a cooperating partner – and…