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I would, after punching/throwing someone to the ground.

while i agree wholeheartedly that good power comes from technique, I know some body builders who certainly have a lot of "umph" factor without ever having trained to hit....

Ameri-Do-Te without a doubt Seriously though, I think that what all the above posters have said really sums it up.

Common in kyokushin for those with the dedication to learn it. Was a big KOer in tournaments through the 1990's. I would break it down into steps: -Get a high ushiro mawashi, with great balance and minimal lean on your upper-torso. -once you have a solid basic kick, then look at putting a little "hop" into it at the beginning. -as your body gets more and more familiar with the above, increase the "hop" until you have a full jump for the 180-360 degrees. Osu.

Very nice, and interesting to watch. In Japanese martial arts there is a word: "Kime". It means focus, but moreover, it is commonly used to refer to focusing a technique to a certain point, Ie) Snapping a technique with speed and power to a decided point with focus. This would be the only thing I would say you could work on. Thanks for posting, and please feel free to post more, I really do love the fluidity of CMA's.

Great ippon's and ido geiko, Thanks for posting Judobrah. Matsui also has some good vid's similar to the one you posted: OSU!

25 Sept 2012. -5 min jog (warm up) -12.5kg curls to exhaustion -100 mae geri -pushups pyramid

24 Sept 2012 -45 min cycle outdoors. -10 min supersetting pullups/pushups. -10 min drilling kickboxing combinations.

21 Sept 2012 -90 min kyokushin class. -pushups pyramid. -squats (x60). -drilled bo and sai kata. 22 Sept 2012 -drilled bo an sai kata. -pushups sets (40, 20 etc). 23 Sept 2012 -kicking drills, gedan mawashi and chudan mae geri. -5 min jog. -pullups to exhaustion. -light dumbbell and heavy kettlebell supersets.

Its a low block (gedan barai) followed by a chambered reverse punch (gyaku tsuki). I was taught (around 20 years ago) that this is to signify that you could finish the opponent off after taking them down, and also helps to drill not stopping into ones mind (its a tournament, so you do stop, but in actual fighting, keep going until you're sure the threat is gone/over). Osu.

Cheers CTTKDKing, I have not visited this in a while, and so didnt see your reply, but that does sound like a good app. I have recently got back into running, and so would be keen to give this a go - especially if it can keep a record of my run's versus personal bests etc... On another note - I've been lax with the push ups, Ill admit , but am still cranking 45 per set, with up to 3 sets per day. Also - I have been introduced to the Pushup Pyramid! A total of 121 pushups in 10 min, Awesome.

I think keeping the peel on means that they have a longer lifespan through not fraying and splitting as much. Rattan is a funny substance, and after some use will eventually break down into thread like materials.

I have both (as well as a heavy untapered hardwood bo), and they all serve a purpose. I use my heavy bo for kata practice and for speed/strength training, so when i pick up the other two I can move them quicker and more precisely. I use the rattan bo for two person drills and actually hitting other weapons, as they damage less than hardwood. All in all, I would say get both.

Glad you found it useful. I find the hard part is getting the two parts timed well together (both the extension of the kick, and the "kicking my bum") at the highest point of the jump. Good luck with it! Osu.

Although for Chusuko Tobi Mae Geri (same overall concept) I used to teach it like this: 1) Perform Hiza Ganmen Geri with hip extension. 2) Turn this into a hopping/jumping Hiza Ganmen Geri. 3) Once you have enough height on #2, lift the jumping leg so that it "kicks" your bum at the peak of the jump. 4) Put all of #1, 2 and 3 together, now change the hiza geri int a mae geri... I figure that breaking it down into respective steps does wonders for maintaining a holistic view on technique. The same can be done breaking down Sokuto Tobi Yoko Geri. Osu.

Push to control distance and positioning, cause them to go off balance etc. Penetrating strikes to inflict damage. If I push side kick someone, I'm checking their movement and trying to create room. If I throw a piercing side kick, I'm trying to break some ribs. ^^ this Thank you for putting this into more eloquent words than i could Osu

In kyokushin (and this is solely my opinion) i do both to a degree. Pushin to control, and penetrating to cause damage. I think of it as being akin to Muai Thai, where a "push" kick is used to control an opponent and/or distance, whereas an elbow stike is used for the purpose of cusing damage/trauma. I think they both have their uses in context. Osu.

In Kyokushin we do a lot of the blocks shown in the first and second links. The third link has some resemblance to what we do, but it looks like it is done with more flow, and generally these techniques (such as kokken, or wrist blocks) are not taught in-depth until students are of a higher rank. Thanks for this post, I find this quite interesting. Osu.

I think that's where CCTV comes in handy!

As with the above posters - our Shihans dont really let anyone attempt the gradings unless they feel that the student is ready for it.

I have seen a Kyokushin dojo that does Traditional Kobudo, but its by no means Kyokushin based, it is derived and graded under Hokama Goju. I have never seen a Kyokushin spear kata. In fact, in all of Oyama Sosai's books, the only one with any weapons kata in it is "Advanced Karate" (definitely worth getting if you can get your hand on it) which has a single Bo-kata, and its a fairly simple form at that. I guess you could do it with a spear though.... Osu

this was pretty help full to pose it better with words i want my punches to have as much perfect technique as i can and correct speed and not so much a wild power blast i want to totally control the hand motion so i can hit to the ammount i want to make opponent unable to keep up (mentally and physically) without nessesarily doing very big and wide swings vulnerable to counters but with small precise fast and "smooth" moves so i suppose shadowboxing is the only way? i mean cause heavybag makes u throw hard punches after a while I am exactly the same, already having a fairly muscular structure, I dont want to focus on brute strength, and becoming light and fast is much more of an attribute I wish to hone. "small, precise and fast" will come with practicing "small precise and fast". I know that sounds odd, but its correct. Your muscles will end up reverting to their most known states when under exhaustion, so if you have honed fast twitch muscles, they're much more likely to be available to use when needed. This is exactly why most people will revert to wide-swinging hooks after being punched/kicked in the face once... However, if someone has conditioned their muscles to utilise fast twitch fibres, it carries over when exhausted. Shadow boxing is great for this, but dont overlook bagwork. Heavy bag is a great tool no matter what, but dont over do it! If you start off (I would say max 5min at a time or even per day) just drilling fast and accurate strikes you will see wonders in speed and power development - I know I have. But keep in mind its only worth practicing this when your fresh and not already exhausted, as this will be counterproductive and the body will end up becoming used to using larger muscle groups as opposed to smaller/faster ones. I think of it like this - sprinters dont practice faster sprinting by doing long distance endurance jogging... they simpy keep sprinting, honing technique when their muscles are fresh, and then paracticing endurance as they get more tired...

My take on this is that your looking to train your fast-twitch muscle fibres to speed up the in-out of your punches? I think of this akin to whipping a tea-towel. Basically, this wont come through weight training (in fact IMO that will be quite counter productive), but really comes from actually practicing fast techniques. In Kyokushin we do two types of punches: -Tsuki, which are akin to a boxers cross punch. Fast out, but with full body power and does not necessarily matter about fast back in as the damage has (hopefully) been done to a point the next technique/punch can be landed. Or, -Uchi, which are fast in-out punches/strikes, akin to a boxers jab, aimed at causing breakages of smaller joints or bines such as the nose. Practice of these to develop both speed and power (yes, it is possible, as power is in part attributed to acceleration) comes only from drilling the punches sor speed and technique alone. My 2 cents: Do this practice when you are fresh (not already tired from working out) and aim to refine techniques faster and faster with every repetition. This will develop "memory" in your fast twitch muscle fibres. Stop drilling as soon as you are tired, or you may move in the opposite direction and start to develop "memory" in biger muscles, focused solely on punching with brute force,

Great article! I find this extremely interesting, as most I think a lot of people associate "MA" with the orient, whereas the middle east and europe have also been refining fighting arts for thousands of years! Looking forward to the videos.