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Les Bubka
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Absorbing Mawashi Geri

Hi all

this is the second clip from UK's seminar with my teacher. This part was dedicated to practice absorbing the kick and counter, this are only sets of exercises to switch from defence to attack. 

Kind regards

Les

Iain Abernethy
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Lovely video. Thanks for sharing Les. Everything is nicely demonstrated and I like how your teacher is able to make everything totally clear irrespective of the language gap (i.e. the need for the thigh bump on the scooping takedown). Brilliant!

Pushing the head down after the kick has been caught (2:18) – so that the opponent “forward rolls” – is a fun technique because the opponent’s head is left perfectly positioned to punch. I think the first person I saw do that was Morio Higaonna (on one of the old VMA VHS cassettes during the 1980 if memory serves) and it’s been part of my practise since :-)

The key safety tip, for sparring, is “scooping” the opponent’s head up so it never gets close to the floor; as your teacher demos.

Thanks once again for sharing Les!

All the best,

Iain

Les Bubka
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Hi Iain

Thank you, yes Artur have unique gift of understanding the movement and showing it to students. It is easier to learn from him via observation then words, as he is speaking in riddles. Which is irritating at times, but forces students to think and find answers, and it is worth it in the long term. 

Kind regards

Les