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ALright Pat - I've just posted a response to this ...

2008-08-30T03:44:00.000-05:00

ALright Pat - I've just posted a response to this post on my blog.

Do-san: Defending Against Straight Blast Punches to the Face

Enjoy!

Colin

I wonder how martial arts supplies have anything t...

2008-08-28T03:16:00.000-05:00

I wonder how martial arts supplies have anything to do with the tsuki forever post. Hmm. Colin

Hello Pat Parker,

Just a quick note of than...

2008-08-27T14:59:00.000-05:00

Hello Pat Parker,

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Thanks, guys. Here's the 'zombie' attack posts th...

2008-08-26T09:21:00.000-05:00

Thanks, guys. Here's the 'zombie' attack posts that you referred to, Colin...

http://www.mokurendojo.com/search?q=zombie

Fantastic post.

I posted on something simi...

2008-08-26T09:10:00.000-05:00

Fantastic post.

I posted on something similar in a rant about two months ago called The Problem with Hard Style Systems Like Taekwondo and Karate. If you think the Aiki Tsuki is an issue, think of poor hard stylists like us ... everything is focused on a 'Tsuki-like' snapshot!!! At least that's how it is for many schools that practice hard styles.

Doing constant repetition and going up and down the line OR practicing without any insight will ultimately cause some 'zombie-like' movements (to borrow a word you've used before). Today we did strikes as we sprinted toward the target - it gets you to break the cycle of inertia, lets you reach maximal acceleration, and helps you put 'stances,' 'power,' 'style' in perspective.

I'm going to post something on defence against the jab cross. Perhaps you should look out for your previous posts on the aiki zombie punch (I can't remember what you called it) ... but it would be interesting if you posted that link here so we can look through what you said.

Cheers!

Colin

You are soooo right. I do some combinations like ...

2008-08-26T05:23:00.000-05:00

You are soooo right. I do some combinations like that on the makiwara, some on the bag, and you know, even at my advanced age, it doesn't take that much practice to keep those punches coming hard and fast.

When Evil Conservative and I are learning new techniques, grappling techniques or whatever, we always have to start out slow, with predictable, uncomplicated attacks. But we know we can't stay there, because we can attack much faster and harder than that ourselves and we know what it's like.

Some time back, we started practicing a tuite defense against a simple push. Nice and slow at first.

We're not that far away from doing it full speed and power now, and if I hadn't hollered at the right time, last night I think he might've wrenched my hand off. These techniques really do work, but not if the practitioner doesn't make the effort to get to the point of doing them spontaneously against realistic attacks.