Seriously, this is pure gold. And I am seeing this in 2021...

We do these arm pummeling drills all the time in no gi warmups. I like the shoulder spike to setup osoto gari, since it doesn’t rely on a lapel I won’t have. I’ll have to practice it this week to get the timing right.

Informative video! I come from a BJJ background and I find your video interesting in its differences and similarities to that. At 2:34, pushing the arms back and forth is similar to what we (and wrestlers) call "pummelling," with the difference that we try to swim our hands/arms under the opponent's armpit for the underhook. Also at 5:46, I see you use both arms to hold the opponent's arm before the leg sweep. In BJJ/judo/wrestling, we would usually keep our right underhook but otherwise the throw works the same. The underhook gives us a little more push and also prevents some wily grapplers from circling to our back.

very nice breakdown, over under or 50/50 and collar tie in wrestling nice to see the crossover between arts arm drag to lateral drop also very nice,i am an old karate ka who became very bewildered with my training but seeing practical and sensible application makes me smile great work !!!

Learnt very similar things to this in Thai boxing 👍. Good case of covergent evolution. Had practiced karate for 20yrs +. It was/is so difficult to bring this more practical part of training into clubs. Even after many had attended seminars. The more senior people had invested so many years into just the three K's. It was so sad just trying to get people through the grading mill then losing interest. Wish seen this video earlier. 👍

Started using a similar drill on my heavy bag using a resistance band. Really good training drill

Awesome stuff as always, thank you for sharing.

As primarily a grappler I can appreciate his video.Btw Ron Beer is one of my instructors, I believe your affiliated with him in some way.

@practicalkatabunkai

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pleased you like it. Ron is a great instructor. Say "hi" from me :-)

Un magnífico video . Gracias por su excelente explicación técnica 👍❤️👍

Oss Sensei Abernathy, love this!

I love your drills and analysis. I have come to use you as a starting point when trying to puzzle out bunkai and sort of the flavor of grappling in my goju practice. I am wondering though... on the first drill, when your partner pulls back you say to follow the thumb around and it seems that you sort of catch the crook of their arm in the web between your thumb and palm? Is this safe to practice and are you relying on the hand strength that is developed in karate to avoid injury? Having grappled on and off for 20 years, and being a newcomer to karate (I got my shodan in goju last september) I am still puzzling out some of the nuance in how things are done, but years ago my first jujutsu instructor drilled into me that you have to protect the thumb. Am I missing something? Is the push happening at the palm, the thumb just sort of coraling the arm? I hope I am not appearing disrespectful, I am honestly just concerned with longevity in my training, obviously in a brawl you wouldn't worry about this.

@practicalkatabunkai

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. YOU WROTE: Is the push happening at the palm, the thumb just sort of corralling the arm? Yes, that’s it exactly. We are not pushing with the thumb but with the hand. The digits are always vulnerable to some degree (the reason most people who engage in grappling have tape in their kit bag), but as the opposable one then thumb is always on its own on any grip. We guide and grip with it, but we don’t push with it alone.

Do you mean grappling? Like your channel.

@practicalkatabunkai

8 жыл бұрын

+novadhd Thank you! No, I mean “gripping” as in “how we grip”. Gripping is a part of grappling, and it is the gripping part we were mainly looking at here. Does that make sense?

@SCarroll1973

6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, are these the types of items covered in the grappling DVD / downloads?

last time i checked NOONE grabs you by the back of the neck. This guy would be on the ground within 10 seconds by ANYONE that knows basic MMA

@practicalkatabunkai

Жыл бұрын

I’m a bit baffled by that comment and all I can say is you may need to check again. Neck grips are incredibly common in all forms of combat. If MMA is your thing, simply Google search “collar tie mma” and you can see hundreds of neck grips, footage from bouts, instructional videos from MMA competitors etc. You can also look at wrestling, Thai boxing, etc where the same grip is extremely common. It’s a solid grip which gives good control and aids the location of the head for striking. As I say, it’s widely used in all forms of combat that involve gripping. That’s why I am confused by your comment, “NO ONE grabs you by the back of the neck”. It happens all the time and everyone does it.

@vinvass2674

8 ай бұрын

And inevitably here is the UFC fanboy who thinks his MMA masturbation is some kind of ultimate solution and that he knows more than this Master Sensei. Who has been teaching this applied Karate for twenty years or more Not withstanding that MMA is the event not an actual system As as Sensei writes below, a simple search would show Paul Vunak, in his vids, shows how that grip unites Kali with Thai, the fifth Dumog choke You can't educate an MMA fantasist

@cadkls

9 күн бұрын

​@@vinvass2674MMA is not an event, UFC, Pride, Bellator etc are events. MMA is what is practiced in preparation for these events, as its name suggests, it's mixed martial arts, you practice multiple effective martial arts in order to succeed against other people going full force on you. If any aspect of MMA doesn't work, I would welcome you to point it out. Appealing to authority is an inferior form of argument, an aikido master who has practiced for 50 years wouldn't be any more effective than one who has practiced for 2 years, because the art itself is ineffective. Does Ian Abernethy compete regularly? Does he put his skills to the test against resisting opponents outside of friendly sparring? This isn't to say Ian doesn't know anything, he does, and I like him for his forward thinking and modern interpretations of traditional karate techniques, but I'm merely saying this to demonstrate the weakness of the appeal to authority argument. The truth of a statement is determined by the facts of the world, not on qualifications. That being said, the OP is a moron who has never heard of collar ties, and should actually go out and train wrestling, Judo, muay thai or other such arts that use collar grips instead of being a keyboard warrior.

@vinvass2674

8 күн бұрын

@@cadkls As I said and this keyboard warrior wanna bee fantasist proves, can't educate an MMA fantasist Cadkis More like Kid Kiss Don't let him near the children's class

@cadkls

8 күн бұрын

@@vinvass2674 I'm not sure if you read my comment properly but I agreed with you. Nice to see civil discussion has returned in 2024. Humble yourself, look up the appeal to authority fallacy and understand why it is not a good argument.