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diadicic
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Karatafi other Martial Arts

Working some Jiu Jitsu with my nephew..   We were working mount and guard escapes.  Now I been doing Jiu Jitsu for a couple of years on and off. Been doing the Karate thing for about 25 years and the practical bunki thing for say almost 14 years.  He asked me how I would Karatafi this mount escape and it kinda just clicked.  The ideas just came to me based on a lot of the Pinan Stuff I do.  Now the movments are not exactly the same mind you, but a lot of the smashing and arm locks are there mixing in working with the trapping arm – leg – bump from Jiu Jitsu.  I not sure the way I am wording this makes sense.  Anyone else doing this kind of thing.  Learning other arts but then Karatafiing them?

Dom

Iain Abernethy
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As a result of cross training, I invariably bring back the useful training methods and techniques in a karate way. It has to be done that way otherwise it’s all disjointed. The throws from judo, as great as they are, are taught and practised within a judo context. We need to practise them in a way that brings in the strikes and avoids deliberately taking it to the ground to finish. That’s invariably means they get “karatefied” (great word, by the way!). Same with boxing’s pad drills. They have some great ways of pad training, but we hit with open hands too. We therefore need “karatefi” those drills to include the open handed strikes, etc. As Bruce Lee said, we need to absorb what is useful … not “bolt on” what is useful :-)

All the best,

Iain

diadicic
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Iain Abernethy wrote:
As Bruce Lee said, we need to absorb what is useful … not “bolt on” what is useful :-)

This is a great analogy and can be used in so many ways in Karate and in life.  Thank you for that.  It's amazing how you can hear a bunch of words and let it help your mental picture of life.

Dom