Waveforms, Ballistic hand movements, Russell Stutely...

[Kajukenbopr]

I recently found out about 2 intriguing figures: Val Riazanov and Russell Stutely.

The reason I mention these 2 is because they are bringing concepts to the world of western martial arts, never before seen:

Val Riazanov- Ballistic Striking- can make strikes even from a lying on the ground position, be charged with enough strength to keep in the fight and possibly win. Not to mention, enhanced stand-up striking without straining the muscles.

Rusell Stutely- his work is amazing. Using a shotokan background, he found a way to use Waveform hits- no straining of the muscles, the hits use your maximum strength. Also, his knowledge on pressure points make his art EXTREMELY effective.

What called my attention to these 2 martial artists is how they are revolutionizing western martial arts. I say western martial arts because the concepts and applications, while not as readily shared with practicioners are present in chinese styles like Tai Chi, Xing Yi and BaguaZhang.

It turns out that these internal arts of martial arts where right all along-Natural Body Movements- relaxation of the body, proper body mechanics, striking certain points on the body,keeping balance and taking balance away from the opponent.

would anybody care to comment on this or go more into detail on this?

[lordtariel]

Well, I currently train in Shito-Ryu Karate so I'm practicing an external style, but I also practice tai chi and have studied Judo in the past.

[bushido_man96]

I study TKD, which I consider a hard, external style. However, a friend of mine is pretty adamate that most styles, at their roots, are circular in many ways.

[Elky]

Can I ask, what's waveform striking?

[KarateEd]

Kajukenbopr,

I have not heard of either of those fellows, though what you mentioned sounds interesting. Can you direct me to any website(s) that will explain their techniques in some detail?

TIA,

Ed

[The BB of C]

I don't think you're practicing any particular type of style. Just call it a style. A style that involves internal, external, grappling, and anything else that it may involve.

[french fri25]

i do all three. hapkido covers the external and internal, plus my instructor is a 3rd dan in jiu jitsu so we do a lot of grappling along with the hkd. and the moo duk kwan once again covers the external.

[Kajukenbopr]

Kajukenbopr,

I have not heard of either of those fellows, though what you mentioned sounds interesting. Can you direct me to any website(s) that will explain their techniques in some detail?

TIA,

Ed

I cant get a website to EXPLAIN the techniques to you. But you can look through youtube by their names and you will find pretty interesting videos.

Also, their official websites, though they dont TEACH or tell you HOW the technique is done:

http://www.russellstutely.co.uk/index.php

http://www.valriazanov.com

[Kajukenbopr]

Can I ask, what's waveform striking?

waveform striking is a form of striking that comes from correct body mechanics to execute the strike without much strain and will develop the greatest amount of strength you can create.

If it is similar, and I think it is, to how Chinese Styles teach it, it is mostly how the feet are used when aligning the body just before, and during the striking(with the hands).

look it up at youtube.com , tell me what you think

[Kajukenbopr]

I study TKD, which I consider a hard, external style. However, a friend of mine is pretty adamate that most styles, at their roots, are circular in many ways.

well, i'd say he is onto something:

though some styles like to be as lineal as they can, like Karate, KEnpo, and others, this puts strain on the muscle and skeleton.

Circular movement has less impact on the body as it allows more flexibility and easier to meet range of motion(as well as the swinging motions).

Also, styles that talk about energy, will usually work with circles to either explain or train it.

however, the circular or lineal part of the discussion would be another discussion.

Whats your view on internal and external martial arts?

--just to be clear, I think a happy medium. Its all good and well to know correct body mechanics, pressure points, etc. but if you dont have a body that can take a hard punch or a hard kick, you will be knocked down--

what do you think?