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- From: gatenby@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk
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- Subject: Re: hapkido question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.151547.1@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 15:15:47 GMT
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- Malcolm Wright writes:
- > gatenby@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk wrote (that was me)
- >
- > ** wharfie's question about hapkido v jujitsu deleted **
- >
- >>The main difference I could see (I don't know anything about the weapons) was
- >>that the throws seemed very "aikido-like" by which I mean a lot of
- >>wrist-twisting seemed to be going on and the concentration on "fancy" kicking
- >>was also greater.
- >
- > I see two reasons for high & fancy kicks in our style of Hapkido.
- >
- > The first is that stetching and kicking high in the gym helps to kick
- > at low to middle height on the street when you're not warmed up.
- > (Including, say, back kick to the knee, or spinning kick to the large nerve
- > on the outside of the thigh).
- >
- > The second is that energetic kick-sparring is great for learning timing
- > and couterattack, even for grappling applications.
- >
- > Malcolm
-
- I don't disagree with any of this, I don't think I wrote that I did, I'm just
- saying that we tend to devote more attention to other things, high/fancy kicks
- is not something we concentrate on. (personally I find them enjoyable to
- practise (& I think they're useful mainful for the 1st of Malcom's reasons))
-
- LPAF
- Neil
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