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Training Methods

Being in great physical and mental condition is a must for all martial artists. This forum is all about conditioning and developing high
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Mark Morschhäuser's picture

Understanding the puzzle pieces of 3K karate

Hi,

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Mark Morschhäuser's picture

One-step sparring by Miller

Hi, I bought Miller's book a couple of months ago in which he explains the one-step sparring that is done in slow motion turns and allows one technique only.

The rules are not really difficult (I thought) but when I do it with my students they get confused soon if their move was one or multiple actions now (example: moving to the side with a defense technique and a combined kick and then adding a punch while putting down the foot) and I don't know either at some point because the description in the book is limited.

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Mark Morschhäuser's picture

Training body reaction with timid students

Hello, I often have the situation (as a trainer) where a student is very timid, if that is the right word. They take so much care in parter training to not hurt each other, that the exercise sometimes gets pointless. And it does not matter what rank or general experience they have.

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Wastelander's picture

Kakedameshi-Ju (Soft Sticky Hands Sparring)

This is one of my favorite sparring methods, and I recently recorded a couple of my students working it after going over applications for Chibana Chosin's Kihongata (Basic Forms), which I think gives a good look at how to start out. Over time, of course, you ramp up the intensity, resistance, and level of impact (except to the head, because we don't need TBI happening in training). This training format forces you to remain close to your opponent, which allows you to access pretty much all of your kata applications, as it is the appropriate range for them.

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Marcus_1's picture

Cross training BJJ

So I've never trained BJJ but my work are offering free beginners sessions at our HQ Officer safety training unit on a Wednesday evening. Given that I've studied karate for years, is this a good idea? I'm not interested in competition or anything like that but do think that a little grappling knowledge can do no harm?
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Tau's picture

The Neck Strike (Why We Don't Do It)

Neck strikes, as in shuto. Highly effective but potentially very dangerous.

I present my thoughts on this subject: 

https://youtu.be/V6Ih0B6kkmA 

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Zach Zinn's picture

Gekisai, Etc. Impact

Some quick and simple Gekisai and Kurufunfa impact concepts.

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shotokanman70's picture

Blending Kumite and Newaza in semi-live training

The drill described is this video is more suited for fighting than self defense. The tori catches the uke's mawashi geri, counters with a reverse punch and executes a takedown. From, there, the tori must pass the open guard and enter with a knee ride. After some strikes the tori finishes with an Americana. Please watch to the end of the video where I include some dojo footage of semi-live training. The two girls featured in the video did a fantastic job although they both opted for a submission that they were more familiar with.

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B Bates's picture

Kata based pad drill

Hi all, I thought I'd share this kata based pad drill with you. It uses techniques found within Kanku Dai and is useful for working visual response and tactile response. Hope you find it useful.

 

https://youtu.be/Si_GXspl7OM

 

Cheers,

 

Brian

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Mikael Holstebro's picture

Starting a sparring Class

One of the things that where clear to our club as part of implementing our WCA apporved syllabus was we need more sparring.

This has been a challenge due to covid, but in august we started a new sparring class.

I thought I'd share my ideas behind the class and how I approach sparring.

I don't claim any of this is new, but the proces of conceptualizing a new class was quite fun.

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