Posted By Rick Wilson on February 17, 2010
This is another in a series I hope to do of small clips. This one covers the principles of a good takedown. You must take their balance. Then take two (or more) points on their body. Then draw a circle with the two points. The upper point must drop them into a Void.
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Posted By Rick Wilson on January 25, 2010
This is just a quick small clip on some simple principles that apply to almost all locks. You take two points one on the joint and one farther out from the body on the limb then draw a circle moving the joint in an unhealthy direction. Posted because of all the nice recent clips by Laird at: http://www.youtube.com/user/uglyelk
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Posted By Rick Wilson on January 10, 2010
The IUPA Uechi Ryu front kick is an attempt to perform the kick as seen in tape of older Uechi Masters like Uechi Kanei Sensie and Nakahodo Sensei. In these tapes they all have a draw back of the hip before firing off the kick. Some say this is due to an operation Uechi Sensei had that affected his movement and I will never be in a position to know those kinds of details; however, for me the reason is not as important as the application that comes from this method. For CQC this is the way to kick in close. Again, as always this is just my take on it all.
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Posted By Rick Wilson on January 1, 2010
This is an older video set filmed when I was an invited guest at my good friend and Karate brother Dave Chow’s school. I created a Bunkai for Kanshiwa Kata showing how each of the moves in Kanshiwa could be used to takedown a partner. This is just a different look at the application of this Kata from the standard Bunkai seen in most schools. It does not negate the other applications because there are a multitude of applications for any Kata move. Kata are a library of principle that can form many books. This to me is one use of Kata to hold all that knowledge in a brief set of movements. BUT it takes exploration to see all that is there.
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Posted By Rick Wilson on January 1, 2010
This is the IUPA version of Kata. It fits in with how we protect ourselves. Yes, this is modified from what you will see more often as a Uechi Ryu Kata. We make no claims to be the correct way or the one way – it is simply our way. Video clips of Seichin and Sanseirui will be coming in 2010.
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