Using knee's in karate

[Zorbasan]

kyokushin seems to me to be a fairly combative type of karate, kinda like a muy thai type thing.

[bushido_man96]

I think you are right, Zorbasan. From what I have read about it, it is very fight oriented. During some of their gradings, they have multiple man kumite, where the person being graded has to fight 2 minute rounds consecutively against so many opponents. I have even heard of 40 man kumite! However, they still do katas as well.

[cathal]

We tend to use knee technique to get you ready to learn kicks, as a beginner.

[bushido_man96]

We tend to use knee technique to get you ready to learn kicks, as a beginner.

This is good practice! I was doing a knee, then kick drill in our children's kicking class a couple of weeks ago. It is good to build speed for the chamber, and getting the feel for kneeing a target.

[Sohan]

We use knees in a couple of our kata, Passai Sho and Pinan Yondan, but not in much else. I throw in knees from Thai boxing as much as I can just to annoy my partners, and I frequently get called out for not providing a "defensible" attack.

Duh.

With respect,

Sohan

[bushido_man96]

We use knees in a couple of our kata, Passai Sho and Pinan Yondan, but not in much else. I throw in knees from Thai boxing as much as I can just to annoy my partners, and I frequently get called out for not providing a "defensible" attack.

Duh.

With respect,

Sohan

Geez, Sohan, what were you thinking!!?? Attacking in a way they could not defend. The nerve....

That's good stuff!

[cathal]

We tend to use knee technique to get you ready to learn kicks, as a beginner.

This is good practice! I was doing a knee, then kick drill in our children's kicking class a couple of weeks ago. It is good to build speed for the chamber, and getting the feel for kneeing a target.

Not just that but if you work with a bag when doing the knee techniques, you're also training your hips too.

[Shotokan-kez]

Not very big in shotokan, but as others have mentioned they are used in some kata and bunkai. I have never used it in sparring and have never really seen it either. Sometimes i will bring my knee up to try and do a dummy kick, but thats about it really.

[elbows_and_knees]

whose a geri?

hiza geri

HAHAHAH

(weird mood)

coincidentally, a few years ago, one of the children in my judo class was watching me teach hiza guruma. She didn't understand what I said, and replied "What? He's a gorilla??"

[bushido_man96]

whose a geri?

hiza geri

HAHAHAH

(weird mood)

coincidentally, a few years ago, one of the children in my judo class was watching me teach hiza guruma. She didn't understand what I said, and replied "What? He's a gorilla??"