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SimonSutherland's picture

HAPV Intentions by Aggressor

I've been looking into the 36 Habitual Acts of Physical Violence (HAPV) as put forward by Patrick McCarthy ( https://www.koryu-uchinadi.com/the-koryukan/ku-hapv-theory-chart/)

I understand that these are acts committed by an aggressor and not a trained martial artist and I am having difficulties with a couple of the acts that have been my focus recently.

The two that I would like help with are :

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Mark Morschhäuser's picture

Crossed legs in katas

What kind of application do you create from crossed leg sideway motions?

I know that the idea usually is that all kata movement has combattive purpose, but I just got the idea that all crossing steps in Tekki/Naihanchi could actually just divide the kata into sequences/pictures due to the lack of real turns.

So we get

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Iain Abernethy's picture

Christian & Christina Wedewardt Dojo Tour!

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Die Karatepraxis Deutschland-Dojo-Tour 2023

Montag, 26.06.23 - Samstag, 01.07.2023

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Jonathan Walter's picture

Flying side kick in kata?

Recently I've been studying kihon from different karate styles to try and round out my understanding. It seems like most styles include a flying side kick in their kihon. Does it ever show up in a kata? I know it doesn't in any Goju kata, but I don't know the Shuri-Te katas. I'd love to see it in context because the more I look at it the less convinced I am it's even a kick. It looks more like a jumping Uchi-Mata or harai-goshi to me.

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Frazatto's picture

What did people wear for training pre 1920's???

I'm quite tired of the ill fitted karate gi that I can buy, so I'm going to sew my own.

I truly dislike all contemporary options, competition gi is too long, too light and "traditional" ones are too bulky with all wrong proportions for my body. I can't say I have tried many, but I'm doing this since the 90's and I only remember one that I felt comfortable to wear.

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Frazatto's picture

References for Gekisai dai San

Reading the reference material from yesterday Iain's presentation on Chojun Miyagi I just found out there is a Gekisai dai San kata and four more created by Miyagi, but I'm having difficult to find good demonstrations for those and why they are not widely taught anymore.

Anyone with good links I could borrow?

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Frazatto's picture

Anyone with a good grasp of Japanese vocabulary in karate?

We suffer of a problem here that what we actually use in practice is a mixture of Portuguese, broken Japanese and completely wrongly written Japanese (that is badly pronounced hahaha).

Not a issue at all I think, we have no obligation to speak Japanese as natives and the vocabulary should be anough that I can go at any other dojo and understand what is being asked of me.

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Marcus_1's picture

Training in City of London

So in 2 weeks' time I will be spending 10 nights in London (staying on City Road if anyone is familiar), it's for a course with work and I want to be able to continue to train.

Does anyone have any recommendations for dojo's that are easy to get to who wouldn't mind a visitor of an evening?

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MichielC's picture

Source kata for Pinan

First time starting a topic here, after lurking for many years :-)

My question: if you were to list possible source kata’s for the Pinan series, what kata’s would be on that list? 

I’m aware of Kushanku being a major source, just as Passai and Naihanchi. Those are kata’s I practise at this time, so I can see the link.

Chinto also seems to be a major source. I’m not familiar with that kata yet, but I can see how some of its movements relate to Pinan sandan and godan.

Any other suggestions? 

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Frazatto's picture

Off topic: need help translating some boxing terms from a book.

I'm translation D. C. Hutchison's 1913 Boxing book to portuguese and I come to one specific passage that makes no sense and I can't find any explanation for it. I really have no other place to ask, maybe some of you can enlighten me.

On the Appendix section, he shows some rule sets that were around while he was a amateur boxer and on the Marquis of Queensberry Rules, the first rule states:

"To be a fair stand-up boxing match in a twenty-four-foot ring ..."

What does "stand-up" means in this context?????

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