aznkarateboi Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 in sparring, do you pull the other hand back to your waist while punching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 No. Just when we do forms or technique drills. Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Miller Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 It's a "free style" draw arm. The elbow locks to the side of your body and not the fist. In basics, then the draw arm fist comes all the way back to the side of your body. Both are just as effective, except less distance required - allows quicker recovery from techniques. It also minimizes exposure to your mid section when sparring. - Killer Miller - Mizu No KokoroShodan - Nishiyama SenseiTable Tennis: http://www.jmblades.com/Auto Weblog: http://appliedauto.mypunbb.com/Auto Forum: http://appauto.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjanurse Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 No! "A Black Belt is only the beginning."Heidi-A student of the artsTae Kwon Do,Shotokan,Ju Jitsu,Modern Arnishttp://the100info.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiFightsMS Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 No, we try to keep out elbows tucked in though so as to not telegraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equaninimus Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 It depends. In WKF competition you will see the full chamber of the hikite, and some judges will not award points if the hikite is not chambered. This sort of defeats one of the purposes, which was for the hikite to be the representation of pulling your opponenet into the technique. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznkarateboi Posted January 16, 2004 Author Share Posted January 16, 2004 what is wkf competition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equaninimus Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 World Karate Federation (formerly WUKO) sanctioned events. The US affiliate is USA-NKF. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriney Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 That's a common discussion had by instructors of ALL styles. We often discuss the duality of having to teach students to chamber tightly when we teach them the technique, but at the same time... teaching them to keep their hands up when implementing it. Until the students get to be a little higher rank, they often have problems breaking the muscle memory associated with one task when performing the other. -Sam Riney-WTF Black Belt in Tae Kwon DoPiasa Martial Arts - Alton, ILWhite Belt in KobudoGMAP - Springfield, IL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznkarateboi Posted January 17, 2004 Author Share Posted January 17, 2004 then why do they require a full chamber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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