Traditional Karate Masters Series 9

Block and catch drills. 2008 SAKA Summer camp featuring Master Mikami 8th DAn JKA. Produced by Tom Leeman.

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[alkcoholic]

"The ultimate aim of karate, is the perfection of character of its participants" Funakoshi taught humility. The ones who know, have nothing to prove. The opponent is disarmed before any escalation to physical confrontation. When the mind is seen through and dropped, there is no one there to be attacked.

[XlxIceManxlXEmoTioN]

@wannabeebee I concur. These days people are utilizing conventional guns and the sort, which are either utilized by trained marksmen or cowards (unfortunately). But, there's a story about an army veteran from Vietnam that was being robbed in his store. Long story short: he got in range and crushed the criminal's rifle in two, barehanded. If he can do that with sheer will and determination alone, it's hard to imagine what one can do with this sort of training.

[maadili]

These drills, and all other drills, including kata are analagous to playing scales, arpeggios and etudes in music. These things are not music; they are the means by which music is learned. Playing difficult material and improvising -- that's music. Without the ground work of scales, etc., your improvisation would be weak, unfocused and undisciplined. In precisely this way, without mastering these training methods in the martial arts, your combat will be weak, unfocused and undisciplined.

[brasshandmartialarts]

Thats why we train, to better ourselves.

[artelussonnier]

I think you are taking the entire drill out of context. It is like seeing a scene from a film and commenting on the entire film without seeing what comes before and what comes after. I understand what you are saying though, a lot of drills in trad. karate seem impractical, but all this is just very exaggerated exercises.

[wannabeebee]

I understand what I see. It is a miss use of the block. You might find that a lot of the mechanics involved in the use of weapons was integrated in to karate.

Other than that this would never work on anybody other than a complete novice and then there are better methods.

[artelussonnier]

you don't understand the drill

[wannabeebee]

Hmmm, sometimes the chance to use the opponents hand/ arm can be given.

I think in a real confrontation the chance is slim and a person has to be quick.

The Japanese trad instructors dont seem to be to brutal so they wont show the correct use of the techniques.

That is if they even know them.

[brucefetter]

not the highest levels of okinawan karate. more ok japanese

[Watchmann777]

You ever try to cath a mans hand in a real fight. It is nearly impossible.