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Wastelander
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Limb Striking in Karate

Although limb striking tends to be associated more strongly with FMA and Silat, there are several limb striking methods within karate that I wanted to explore a bit in this article. I hope somebody finds it useful!

http://www.karateobsession.com/2015/06/the-limb-strikes-of-karate.html

Iain Abernethy
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As well written as always Noah. Keep ‘em coming!

Defiantly part of karate as this photo of Motobu in action confirms.  

All the best,

Iain

Wastelander
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I knew there was a photo of Motobu showing that technique, but I couldn't find it for the life of me when I was putting together the article! Of course, now that I've seen it again, I found it in my collection :P. Thanks, Iain! There is also a photo of a different limb strike in Morinobu Itoman's book, but I didn't want to bother Mario McKenna Sensei again so soon after using one of those photos in another article recently.

Iain Abernethy
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Hi Noah,

I had the book out today so it’s a nice coincidence that you put that article out today too :-)

All the best,

Iain

Ando
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Nice article, Noah!

No question in my mind that most common hand movements in kata are direct limb attacks or set-ups on the limbs en route to the head and body.

I mean, let's face it--there's nothing secretive about punching someone in the face or stomach. Why would the masters create a kata highlighting techniques that even my grandmother knows about? :)

Thanks!

crow
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I was thinking about this the other day while playing about with the first moves in heian nidan. Thanks for the article good read.

Dillon
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Very well done.

swdw
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A number of the simultaneous hand movements in Goju are actually limb attacks. You just don't see very many people teaching that.

Tau
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I recieved my Karate Shodan from Nigel Lee, who used to post as "Tandoori" on this forum. The one thing that stands out about him was for a short guy he had a a hellish impressive and accurate side kick targetted to the bicep. Not something I would choose to do but I couldn't deny how effective it was.