Rick Wilson | 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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Rick Wilson | 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 [...]
Rick Wilson | 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 [...]
Rick Wilson | 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 [...]
Rick Wilson | 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 [...]
