Principles or techniques

[VinnieDaChin]

okay... but just what the hell is vibration?

[IOM Combat]

Hi Vinnie,

 

It is a principle whereby you use a very small vibrational movement to increase the effect of a tech. For example in a centerlock try getting the tech to the "bite" point and the making very small + fast fig 8 movements on the horizontal and vertical planes. Make tem fasterand smaller and you will get to a point where their pain level rockets. Try doing it with only the thumb and forefinger in place and you should still be able to get the effect.

 

Dan

[Shorin Ryuu]

I think the notion of emphasizing principles far more than techniques is a staple of truly "traditional" combative schools...I've droned on about it extensively in the past.

[delli04]

doing techniques first but then extracting and improving the principles at a higher level.

 

Dan

 

Good point Dan. Thats how I've been taught and that is how I teach. Drilling the techniques in your body is a must. Obviously the more you do something the better you become at it, and more efficent I might add. I am always throwing small pieces of Information out as I teach, like, "when you do this try thinking about doing it this way. now I don't want you to stress about it, but just think about it because this is were we are taking it". Also, I am always encouraging the students to think for themselves, make up their own block/counter drills with the techniques they already know. All of my students are of low rank so they don't know alot yet, but they are starting to become effective at what they do know.

[The Law Of The Fist]

Techniques are completely needed. Often new comers aren't ready mentally or physically yet to handle just principles alone. You have to lay out for them step by step what to do. Techniques allow repition and can later have individual parts pulled for principles.

[Kempohands]

At the dojo where I train beginners are taught techniques first, then they are taught the principles/concepts inside the technique once they can perform it fairly well or are of age/rank (we don't usually teach the younger children the priciples of techniques). With the advanced students, the technique is taught and then one of the main concepts is pointed out to the student. Also, since there is almost always more than one concept/principle inside of any givin technique, instructors will ask the student to explain why they believe the technique works or something similar (i.e. "Why strike here instead of here?"). I agree with this method of teaching because I personaly believe it would be very difficult to teach a principle/concept alone without some kind of set technique as an example. However, I also believe it is pointless to teach someone a set technique w/o explaining the reasoning behind it.

[VinnieDaChin]

im still not getting what vibration, and the point of it, is.