Without The Hips

[sensei8]

Without the hips...

Please complete and then offer a brief supportive argument...I'll begin...

Without the hips...

Effective techniques aren't birthed.

>The apex of the power curve is destroyed before the technique finishes...hence a dismal push.

Without the hips...

Transitional movements are stalled.

>The purpose of transitional movements are to gain and/or maintain ones advantage over any said opponent(s).

[JusticeZero]

What element in particular are you considering to make up the 'hips'? How do you know what is or is not "using" them? is a technique where the hips are deadened because you are using the spine to move everything using "the hips"? Is it the integrated mobility of the legs that you are thinking of, or the mobility of the spine, or the act of positioning and controlling the pelvis? And obviously that can be different but where are you thinking this comes from when you compose the question?

[darksoul]

I must say I'm a bit confused by this... the hips, at least in Kempo are often used to generate power, to move an opponent, and to balance. Am I missing something?

[bushido_man96]

The hips connect the lower body to the upper body, and use of the hips helps transfer power from the ground up through the body, into the tool you will use to strike. Hips are good.

[JusticeZero]

Hip movement must be seen differently by different arts to some extent. When I see many Asian arts move, I also see them as being very stiff, immobile, and "dead" in the hips. The CG. is moving but the pelvis and spine are not being used to their potential. I can only presume that there are notes of movement we lack that I simply am not seeing.

[Shizentai]

Without the hips...

A punch is just an arm.

Without the hips...

A kick is just a leg.

>Hips are the link between stance and any waza. By using the hips to connect the two we can use our entire bodies to execute a technique as opposed to just isolated groups of muscles.

[sensei8]

In YOUR style, please complete the following...

Without the hips...

Don't read anything else in it...please.

[Wastelander]

In Shorin-Ryu, without the hips your body is disjointed, off balance, slow and weak.

I think this applies to all martial arts, for the most part, though.

[JusticeZero]

Well i'm not sure. Because in a sense, we're not "using the hips". The hips are a solid framework that other things are attached to. It can't really do anything by itself. Indeed, when working on kicks, I am not focusing on getting my students to use their hips; I have much more need to teach them how to use their spine and abdomen.

[sensei8]

Well i'm not sure. Because in a sense, we're not "using the hips". The hips are a solid framework that other things are attached to. It can't really do anything by itself. Indeed, when working on kicks, I am not focusing on getting my students to use their hips; I have much more need to teach them how to use their spine and abdomen.

Ok. In Shindokan, snapping and driving hips are at the core of how we generate our power, especially for our short range techniques, and even more so when we're deep inside their "personal space".