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dhogsette
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Pad Drill for Opening Sequence of Fukyugata 1

Here's the first video in a series I'm making for developing pad drills to supplement bunkai training. I've taken key portions of the first basic kata in Matsubayashi, Fukyugata Ich, and have created some fun pad drills. 

Best,

David 

Iain Abernethy
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I love integrating bunkai and pad drills like this. It’s a beneficial form of practise and it’s worth everyone remembering that it is something the old masters could not do because they did not have modern focus mitts. If they did have, I feel sure we would have been handed down lots of drills like this, and the Makiwara would not be the central piece of impact equipment that is has become in “traditional” schools. Another example of how our arts can continue to grow from their roots into the modern world.

All the best,

Iain

dhogsette
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Thank you! I have great fun developing these basic drills, and my students really enjoy banging away on the pads (as do I!!). These kinds of drills seem to bring the kata and bunkai alive in fun and safe ways. 

Best,

David