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Fighting Dirty With Karate/TKD/TSD’s Most Commonly Used Technique
The most commonly used technique in Karate, Tae Kwon D0, Tang Soo Do and many styles of Kung Fu, is Hikite. This is the pulling of a hand back to the hip whilst striking or blocking with the other. This pulling hand can be used as a vicious technique in its own right.
Find out some applications for it. Continue reading
Posted in Bunkai, Karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do/Tang Soo Do/Hapkido
Tagged bunkai, flesh grabs, gong fu, grabs, hikite, karate, kata, kung fu, practical martial arts, pull back hand, shotokan, tae kwon do, tang soo do
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Heian Nidan/Pinan Shodan (Won Hyo) & “Flinch Reaction”
Heian Nidan/Pinan Shodan is the second kata in the Heian series for Shotokan Karate practitions, but the first for other styles. Why was it reversed and what is the “flinch reaction”. Continue reading
Posted in Bunkai, Karate, Tae Kwon Do/Tang Soo Do/Hapkido
Tagged bunkai, flinch reaction, funikoshi, heian nidan, hyung, instinctive reaction, itosu, karate, mabuni, pinan shodan, shotokan, taekwondo patterns, Won Hyo
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