SevenStar Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Open hand? the hands are held loosely open anyway... Yes, they are. But since I've seen quite a few ma's that seem to get stuck in that 'fists up' stance, I specified that I keep mine open. yeah, I knew what you were talking about. I was referring to this statement by cross: "I think at the beginning of a situation it may appear to agressive. But thats when you could use an open-hand version of it which would still offer you most of the same benifits." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebranch Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Usually Ichimonji or Jumonji. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 Usually Ichimonji or Jumonji. Please explain what these are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenStar Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 ichimonji - picture a back stance. as far as hand position, the front hand is held eye level and the rear hand/arm covers the throat and heart. It's similar to the karate back stance and hand positioning, but the rear hand is held higher. jumonji - if you've ever done TKD, picture an X block. most of the weight on the fron leg, hands crossed in front of the body. It's offensive though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcho Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 Both hands open, front hand leads. It is a two layer defensive guard (ie if it gets past my front hand, my rear hand is there to pick it up). Karate styles have a guard. I am not sure that you can say that karate has one universal guard. "The true master avoids the fight."Shodan - Uechi-Ryu KarateBrown Belt - Zen Budo Ryu JJ, Yoshinkan Aikido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross Posted December 24, 2003 Author Share Posted December 24, 2003 It is a two layer defensive guard So kindof like the wing chun guard which is like "searching hand, guarding hand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcho Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 So kindof like the wing chun guard which is like "searching hand, guarding hand" Exactly. That's a good way of expressing it. "The true master avoids the fight."Shodan - Uechi-Ryu KarateBrown Belt - Zen Budo Ryu JJ, Yoshinkan Aikido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcho Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 So kindof like the wing chun guard which is like "searching hand, guarding hand" Exactly. That's a good way of expressing it. "The true master avoids the fight."Shodan - Uechi-Ryu KarateBrown Belt - Zen Budo Ryu JJ, Yoshinkan Aikido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coudo Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 My sparring partner in boxing (a very good boxer) has the front hand as it is in a traditional boxing guard, but the right hand is on the left side of the cheek (palm facing out)... then he twists his body a little so that he always has hes right palm facing the oponnent... that way he can block anything coming against hes face with both hands, plus, if he can block a punch with the left hand then he can immidiately throw a haymaker( ? ) past the oponnents defence and land it in the face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross Posted December 31, 2003 Author Share Posted December 31, 2003 I have seen that guard before and although it works good most if the time and your body is turned you still leave the right side of your face open at some times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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