equaninimus Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Thank you equaninimus. I worked your technique the day after you posted it. I thought the crescent step may have been the key but wasn't entirely sure. Also, on your strike to the bladder, when you strike is it a full out strike with the fingers to CV 4 or do you get there as fast as you can and press with a sort of jolting motion? Small details I know, but I'm just curious how techniques differ from artist to artist and style to style.When I work it with seniors, I teach it as nukite. When I work it with kyu ranks, I leave the fists. Having said that, a 3/4 twist fist can hit the same target. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasori_Te Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Sorry, I always make the assumption of a nukite. Do you strike through with your spear hand, or do you strike in quick and light with a jolting type press on contact (Like a Chinese cavity press)? Sorry, don't mean to hi-jack the thread. A block is a strike is a lock is a throw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equaninimus Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Personal opinion? Cavity press (See Pat McCarthy's article in the SRSI journal about six months back). But I often teach it as a strike through, just to emphasize targeting and kime. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasori_Te Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 That's the way I do it as well. I also teach the 3/4 turn punch to beginners and the strike through spear hand to more advanced students. I reserve the fine tuning for select students that have been training for awhile. A block is a strike is a lock is a throw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equaninimus Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 I have to add the qualifier that I haven't done Shotokan for about a year now, and I tend not to practice the Pinans as much as I should. This leads to embarrasing moments when, as one assists in an intermediate class, and one is going "up the ranks" in Kata (i.e.: the Kata continue and the students who have not learned a certain form sit down) we black belts are often shaky on Pinan I-V. Its with the Naihanchis that we regain firm footing. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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