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- From: schan@birch.srg.af.mil (Stephen Chan x4485)
- Subject: Re: Question: fumikomi (foot-stamping)
- Organization: SRG, Arinc Research Corp., Annapolis, MD
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 14:38:39 GMT
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- In article <JON.92Nov20114048@zeus.med.utah.edu> jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd) writes:
- >Very interesting. I have been taught not to stop, but to accelerate
- >through. In fact, I was taught that, at the time the front foot hits
- >the ground, the front leg's shin bone must be at least vertical, and
- >it is better if the knee is slightly forward of the ankle.
-
- I've kind of wondered about the method myself, but one thing about
- Hamilton's Karate style was that the stances were very high, so an overcommit-
- ment of your mass would tend to put your center in much more danger. That's
- kind of the explanation I eventually settled on.
-
- > That way,
- >you can continue to accelerate forward. The reasoning is that the
- >faster you charge in, the less opportunity your opponent has for a
- >counterblow.
-
- But if you are overcommited to the first technique, then it will take
- you longer to launch the second technique. And you might end up grappling with
- your opponent, which is not what a Karateka wants to be doing.
-
- > The very last thing I'd want to do is stop right where
- >my opponent has the perfect distance to hit me after parrying my
- >strike. To stop your forward momentum at the striking distance is
- >like running the 100-yard dash, and trying to stop right on the finish
- >line. You'll be much faster if you try to run past the finish line.
-
- Actually Sensei's explanation was that you prep yourself like you're
- going to do a sprint, launch yourself forward, and then plant yourself. The
- lead leg goes into the ground, your hamstrings and glutes tighten up, which
- straightens your legs & spine a little, and almost without any effort, your
- fist shoots out and into your target (assuming you kept a loose shoulder).
- There isn't any lack of power (the heavy bag hops around quite happily)
- and the recovery time is pretty quick.
-
- That's just the way that he taught it. And it seemed to work - I figure
- he has his reasons for teaching it that way.
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- Stephen Chan
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