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I know its crazy isn't it? My student swore though that his former teacher taught it that way. What could I do? I didn't want to bash the teacher so I kindly said that I had never heard of that and I would look into it. The thing is, common sense tells us that is a terrible way to do it. What on earth could that teacher have been thinking? Oh wait, he probably wasn't. :)

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I'd have to agree. If we did that around my Sensei, whoever did it would be doing push-ups for quite a while.

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I've never seen it done that way, and can't think of a single reason why you would want to.

 

In fact, I repeatedly remind my students to concentrate on keeping their fingers together...

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I know its crazy isn't it? My student swore though that his former teacher taught it that way. What could I do? I didn't want to bash the teacher so I kindly said that I had never heard of that and I would look into it. The thing is, common sense tells us that is a terrible way to do it. What on earth could that teacher have been thinking? Oh wait, he probably wasn't. :)

 

Well, you can just state that in your club, the figers are closed for swordhand. Follow up by your own reasoning. As for the "open pinky" part, just say you can't really see an application for it, although his/her former instructor might have had one.

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Once again a teacher may be maligned because of a stupid student...

 

There is some controvesy on non-martial art, self defence forums who call it an edge of hand blow, about whether the thumb should be tucked in like karate or flagged out, away from the hand.

 

I bet this was it.

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Once again a teacher may be maligned because of a stupid student...

 

There is some controvesy on non-martial art, self defence forums who call it an edge of hand blow, about whether the thumb should be tucked in like karate or flagged out, away from the hand.

 

I bet this was it.

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Sticking your pinky out IS THE PROPER WAY to do a break!......................

 

 

 

...the proper way to break your pinky that is.

 

 

 

Sorry but I can think of no other reason.

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yeah i think he's relaying his info wrong. never heard of it

"The wise and successsful will always be met with violent opposition by mediocre minds."

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Maybe the sensei had a crooked finger and couldn't put it together with the rest so all the sheep..I mean students..did it that way too!

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