I really like these combinations. My favourite is the reverse cap and Gi combination. (I also like the video description; a well written companion to the video.) Thank you.

With the cap, he has become Not So Silent Bob.

@practicalkatabunkai

10 ай бұрын

Love it! It was very sunny that weekend so the cap was part of my self-protection strategy … the specific part of the self being protected was my blad bonce :-)

Sweet we got 2 new videos. I like the one with the elbows with the combination & the low kick in the first combo demonstrated.

This is good stuff Iain! Thanks for sharing, sensei!

Great combination thank you very much.

Great stuff!

Sensei Ian, as always, too notch. Back in my golden gloves days in the 80's, my coach was always trying to explain moving the body before the arm while punching. I just couldn't understand it, or wasn't able to do it, until... This one guy hits me just in my chest but nearly knocked me down. Afterwards, I asked him if he had an anvil in his glove😁. He said nah, just come over here I will show you. He comes back a minute later with a thick rubber band. He explained it as you did here, but by stretching that rubber band.

@practicalkatabunkai

10 ай бұрын

That’s a really good way to do it. Another way I use it to push my hand against their fist and provide resistance. If they initiate their arm first, then there is not the weight to push through my hand. If they initiate their hips first, then there is the weight behind the arm to push through my hand. Do it a few times slowly and then they get the feel for it (can be done with any punch or hand strike). I then get them to hit the pad with the same strike and they are normally shocked / delighted by the power increase. Now they have a feel for the right thing, it is then just a matter of drilling it so it’s done explosively, habitually and instinctively.

@TimRHillard

10 ай бұрын

@@practicalkatabunkai I'll be trying that out this weekend. Thank you Sensei👍👍.

Basic boxing 101! I like it...with added karate techniques..I also mix in basic judo throws....

@practicalkatabunkai

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! This is all just karate to me :-) I think there is some cross over between all striking (i.e. the strikes in boxing are also found in karate) and grappling (karate has some throws that are also found in judo). The differences are really in the key objectives of the training and weight given to any particular combative aspect. Boxing does not use open hand strikes of course, but if done with fists then the first combination would also be found in boxing. In my case, such combinations were always a part of karate as it was taught to me and how I have practised and taught it. I think the term “karate” is now a little like “athletics” in that is covers a lot of related but different pursuits i.e. marathon running and shot-putting are both “athletics” but they are very different. It’s similar with karate in that there are lots of different “karates”; some which do include arching shots and some which don’t. Traditionally, we can see hooks and uppercuts in the methods of people like Motobu, etc. We can also see throws in the methods of people like Funakoshi, Itoman, Mabuni, etc. However, it would be fair to say that such methods are not universally practised in the collection of systems that are all labelled as “karate” today. I did a video on this not so long ago: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZGZ_j69widvdicY.html So long as the training meets the objectives of the student, then all karates can be “good”; but there are definitely a lot of very different practised going by that label. Thanks once gain for the kind words!

@xride64

10 ай бұрын

@practicalkatabunkai Thank you Sir for your kind reply! I agree with your video totally about the evolution of our ever changing yet in some ways staying the same art. For me as I've aged I'm always looking for more avenues to improve what I do...In turn finding you you tube channel is a very refreshing view on these arts so many of us have come love! Thank you!

@practicalkatabunkai

10 ай бұрын

@@xride64 I am delighted what I do resonates with you! Thank you!

Excellent combinations. With this being primarily for lower kyu grades, do you teach double hip power generation along with the combinations and have students work on adding the double hip as well?

@practicalkatabunkai

10 ай бұрын

The double hip is part of everything we do. One of my instructors is Peter Consterdine 10th dan, so I learnt it from him over many years. Most people have seen what Peter calls, “the big ABC version” which is a pre-emptive body shot, but they have not experienced the double hip in it’s more advanced (arguably more subtle, in terms of motion if not effect) form as found in combinations. When I breakdown the mechanics of the four palm heels in this video, that’s all double hipping with the hips moving slightly before the hand, a pivot to the side of the hip as opposed to the centre, the end hip position of one strike being the start of the hip motion for the next, etc. As shown is how Peter teaches the double hip within the “jab, cross, hook, cross” combination.

@ScholarDad

10 ай бұрын

@@practicalkatabunkai I've seen a few videos, some of them fairly recent, of Peter Consterdine 10th dan the ABC version. I'm trying to learn how to perform the double hip through those videos; I know this is not ideal and learning how to perform it in person would be preferable, but it's just not an option at the moment. He's mentioned the more subtle/advanced version in a couple of the videos, but I either hadn't seen it demonstrated or just didn't know how to look for it before. Thank you for the reply!

Nice moves.👌 I have had someone say that if you move your hip momentarily before you strike, you may be 'telegraphing'. I agree that one has to rotate ones foot whilst forward rotating ones hip to drive forward your shoulder to create a 'kinetic chain' but could the person have a point about telegraphing in your opinion? Thanks 🙏

@fabio1160

10 ай бұрын

Interesting point. While waiting for Iain's answer I'd like to step in in this discussion. I personally think there are advantages and disadvantages. If one "leads" with the hand and moves the hip slightly later, "adding power" as the movement has already started, there's a chance that the attack would be more difficult to perceive (arguably, also less powerful). On the opposite, the movement in the video would probably maximize power / impact. There is also the "context" to consider. In a self-protection situation, probably "telegraphing" is not much of a concern, whereas in a fighting situation it could be. I personally always punch slightly "hand-first", because I have a bit of a problem in the shoulder joints and the "elastic recoil" is a bit painful for me (maybe I am not doing it right). I'd be curious to read Iain's answer on this.

@practicalkatabunkai

10 ай бұрын

When done at application speed (as opposed to instructional speed) the hip movement is imperceptible in my experience. The other positive is that the torque generated in the body and the stretch in the body’s fibres result in the hand accelerating far faster than it would otherwise. It therefore gets to the target quicker even though the hand set off a fraction of a second later. The major benefit remains that the strikes does more damage to impact due to more active mass and higher speed at impact. Other people have alternative ways of generating power (if you are hitting hard then by definition whatever is being done is good), but I’ve personally not come across a more effective method that the double hip for increasing power and rate of fire.

@kbanghart

5 ай бұрын

​@@fabio1160This reminds me, Michael Jai White did a video with Jessie Enkamp where MJW showed how to telegraph a kick less by moving the hip less than expected, so the eye isn't drawn to it as easily, so you fake at first and then that quick front kick or teep or whatever you call it. Good stuff

Commenting on 2:40; when you move off do you ever practice more than a couple steps? I've seen in my own experience and from other content people don't practice it and when they try to use it in training or in real life the "and now we run away" gets thrown out. I think that "run away" step is some of the least exciting and most important parts. On this, we're practicing to really hurt somebody, hitting someone in the spine with a hammer fist isn't a joke it could really hurt someone. Do you ever practice talking to the police after? Do you have any racialized students? What do you think will happen if the worst thing occurs and they get attacked, only for what you're teaching them to do works. Only for the student to then they say something wrong, violent, hot-headed ect.. to the police after and spend the next 5,10,20 years behind bars?

@practicalkatabunkai

10 ай бұрын

YOU WROTE: “when you move off do you ever practice more than a couple steps?” Yes. Within a non-consensual violence we always practise a minimum of a few steps with a view to triggering the “flight” part of the fight or flight response. In certain drills, escape to a designated “safe zone” is practised. We don’t do that all the time though as I don’t want people running out of the dojo to their cars after every strike :-) There is, therefore, the minimum of a few steps all the time. Those who have been to my seminars with confirm that escaping is a big part of what I do and encourage (including tactical considerations, witness perception, etc). In consensual violence they will pull back to a guard position, etc. YOU WROTE: “On this, we're practicing to really hurt somebody, hitting someone in the spine with a hammer fist isn't a joke it could really hurt someone.” Agreed. That’s made clear to people. Of course, almost any technique has the potential to do extreme damage. Plenty of people have died following the fall from a simple cross. However, the hammer fist from that position is particularly potent. Important to have a solid set of scalable force options depending on the situation. That ranges from verbal de-escalation (also practised in the dojo) right up to lethal force. YOU WROTE: “Do you ever practice talking to the police after?” Not the actual police (although at the moment around 20% of my regular students are police officers) but UK self-defences law is covered in training with the advice being to say nothing other than asking for a solicitor (legal right) and for it to be noted that you acted in self-defence. YOU WROTE: “Do you have any racialized students?” Nope, but I can’t recall any terrorist attacks revolving around hammer fists. Bombs, guns, knives, etc tending to be the favoured methods of violent radicals. YOU WROTE: “Only for the student to then they say something wrong, violent, hot-headed ect.. to the police after and spend the next 5,10,20 years behind bars?” Our self-defence law component is based on guidance given by a judge, magistrate, solicitor, police trainer and a couple of police officers. The students know the law and the universal advice from all of the aforementioned people was to ask for it to be noted that you acted in self-defence and nothing else until you have exercised your legal right to have representation present. They will then talk with the solicitor and get advice before being interviewed by police (police can’t interview without a solicitor present if you have requested one). As above, any technique has the potential to do extreme damage and therefore it’s very important to have a high threshold for violence (i.e. you would not be doing anything if other options were available). Students are educated in those alternatives and regularly practise them. When it does get physical, students are also trained to escape at the first available practical opportunity because that the smart thing to do tactically and legally. There are situations where methods such as strikes to the throat, hammer fist to the spine, etc could be needed and would be simple enough to legally justify i.e. a small person facing a group assault when they have their children with them. In such a scenario they need to inflict maximum damage if they are to stand a chance of keeping themselves and their loved ones safe. It would therefore be both necessary and reasonable (the key legal requirements). NOTE: “Reasonable” is clearly defined withing the law and people should not superimpose a dictionary definition of “reasonable” onto the law. If the force used is instinctive and based on a genuine belief that such force is necessary (even a mistaken or unreasonable belief if honestly held) then it is deemed “reasonable” under the law. UK law is also clear it does not require us to “judge to a nicety” the level of force used. Bottomline, we need a range of scalable force options and the legalities of them is something that should aways be considered. All the best, Iain