Posts Tagged ‘self-defense’
Okinawan te, the precursor of Japanese karate, did not teach high kicks — too risky in self-defense. Forms (practice patterns of movements) of Okinawan te do not include roundhouse kicks, let alone high roundhouse kicks. It is easy to understand why high-level roundhouse kicks and mid-level (mawashi-geri-jodan and mawashi-geri-chudan) are not included … Continued at […]
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Tags: karate, mawashi-geri-chudan, mawashi-geri-jodan, Okinawa-te, Okinawan te, roundhouse kick, self-defense
This tip continues the subject of tip number 54. In that tip a movie shows self-defense without weapons and with weapons, as well as conditioning drills for self-defense.
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Tags: combat conditioning, fudoshin, immovable mind, imperturbable mind, mental toughness, physical conditioning, self-defense, Thomas Kurz
