The Knife Hand Might Be Misunderstood

[RW]

Many MAists are convinced that a knife hand block is performed using the edge of the hand to make contact with the opponent. To many Karateka's, especially within Shindokan, this is illogical, as blocking a strong fighter like this could easily break your hand.

The Okinawan way of blocking with the open hand is not with the knife edge, of the open hand, but with the forearm. Why? It is impossible to perform a whipping action with the edge of the hand.

Yes, this is possibly one methodology/ideology, but I ask that you might consider it openly!!

Interesting.

Do you have any link with videos of this? I am curious to see it in action...

[Harkon72]

The Shuto is a technique that I practice for Hours, I condition it against a wall mounted bag. It is my favorite strike, one of these to the cardiac sleeve on the side of the neck and it's good night what ever your body size. I target the elbow, the bicep, the collar bone and many other targets too. Do not fear a Man that can do 1,000 techniques, fear the one that has done one technique a 1,000 times.

[sensei8]

Many MAists are convinced that a knife hand block is performed using the edge of the hand to make contact with the opponent. To many Karateka's, especially within Shindokan, this is illogical, as blocking a strong fighter like this could easily break your hand.

The Okinawan way of blocking with the open hand is not with the knife edge, of the open hand, but with the forearm. Why? It is impossible to perform a whipping action with the edge of the hand.

Yes, this is possibly one methodology/ideology, but I ask that you might consider it openly!!

Interesting.

Do you have any link with videos of this? I am curious to see it in action...

No! I've not looked for any. I'm speaking from what we were taught by our Soke and Dai-Soke, and in that, this is what I've been teaching forever and a day.