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Jeb Chiles
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Clinch range strikes

Hands are constantly clearing while controling center and stepping to the outside of the attack line.

Iain Abernethy
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Lovely video Jeb. It nicely demonstrates clearing and hitting with the same hand in a variety of close-range scenarios. “Nearest weapon to the nearest target” is an important concept that we see enacted in a variety of traditional sources. Motobu’s drills make frequent use of the idea and he even went as far to say that, “Receiving with one hand and striking with the other is not true martial arts”. He does clear with one hand and hit with the other on occasion (i.e. his 5th drill) but using the same arm in order to take the nearest weapon to the nearest target is far more prevalent in his methods. While the Bubishi is vague and open to interpretation, there’s a strong case to say this is what is being shown as “a bird flapping its wings”. Just as you show, the hand clears and then bounces to the target in a way that resembles a flapping motion. Thanks for sharing Jeb!

All the best,

Iain

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Iain Abernethy wrote:

“Nearest weapon to the nearest target” is an important concept that we see enacted in a variety of traditional sources. Motobu’s drills make frequent use of the idea and he even went as far to say that, “Receiving with one hand and striking with the other is not true martial arts”. He does clear with one hand and hit with the other on occasion (i.e. his 5th drill) but using the same arm in order to take the nearest weapon to the nearest target is far more prevalent in his methods.

Motobu's drills and philosophy are a big part of our body shifting and everything in Matsubayashi! Including respect for the methods and training  in other systems that prove to be affective. 

Iain Abernethy wrote:

While the Bubishi is vague and open to interpretation, there’s a strong case to say this is what is being shown as “a bird flapping its wings”. Just as you show, the hand clears and then bounces to the target in a way that resembles a flapping motion.

Its  totally different in Eagle claw! Its called "Eagle flapping its wings" :-)  in Matsubayashi it was called rolling or snapping block/strikes, Thunder in Feeding crain looks a lot like it as well!

Thank you for watching it and the awesome information!

All the best,

Jeb

 

Iain Abernethy
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Jeb Chiles wrote:
Motobu's drills and philosophy are a big part of our body shifting and everything in Matsubayashi!

It shows :-)

Jeb Chiles wrote:
Its  totally different in Eagle claw! Its called "Eagle flapping its wings"

Love it! Great to know as that strengthens my interpretation of that diagram.

Thanks for all the great content Jeb!

All the best,

Iain