Osu, thanks fot the footage, I Indeed was wondering how they train in Japan nowadays. What especially cought my attention, was the way they do the mawashi geri. It looks like in the old Ashihara Karate videos, which is totally in line with your earlier statement that in this branch the techniques are executed in a more traditional style (ashihara-wise). Anyway, what I wanted to ask is, if you could elaborate on how you guys do it in Singapore in contrast to that. In Germany, where I train Ashihara Karate under Sensei Peter Liebecke, we have an entirely different approach,with the knee coming forward straight and then turning shoulders and hips. So in the moment of impact the body is more sideways than how it is done here. I feel that's more like a traditional mawashi geri, having something like an inverted 'L' form and not coming up diagonally, as derived from may thai. I thought about this differences a lot and would be interested in your insights about the pros and cons of the different executions.
We tend to do it with the knee going forward right away too! It's generally faster and less telegraphic, but tends to get caught in the opponent's elbow if his guard is up. So, we think this kind of round kick is better used in side position. The knee outside knee kick generally has more power, bypasses the guarding elbow, though it's more telegraphic. We find that it's easy to break a high block by kicking like this if the opponent is just standing there. Maybe we'll do an comparison video on this sometime! All the best! OSU!
Thanks for the detailed reply! So from what I understand, both ways of kicking have their legitimate use. If you made a more profound video about the mawashi geri, I'd be thrilled to watch it!
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Pleasure! OSU!
Osu, thanks fot the footage, I Indeed was wondering how they train in Japan nowadays. What especially cought my attention, was the way they do the mawashi geri. It looks like in the old Ashihara Karate videos, which is totally in line with your earlier statement that in this branch the techniques are executed in a more traditional style (ashihara-wise).
Anyway, what I wanted to ask is, if you could elaborate on how you guys do it in Singapore in contrast to that.
In Germany, where I train Ashihara Karate under Sensei Peter Liebecke, we have an entirely different approach,with the knee coming forward straight and then turning shoulders and hips. So in the moment of impact the body is more sideways than how it is done here. I feel that's more like a traditional mawashi geri, having something like an inverted 'L' form and not coming up diagonally, as derived from may thai.
I thought about this differences a lot and would be interested in your insights about the pros and cons of the different executions.
We tend to do it with the knee going forward right away too!
It's generally faster and less telegraphic, but tends to get caught in the opponent's elbow if his guard is up. So, we think this kind of round kick is better used in side position.
The knee outside knee kick generally has more power, bypasses the guarding elbow, though it's more telegraphic. We find that it's easy to break a high block by kicking like this if the opponent is just standing there.
Maybe we'll do an comparison video on this sometime!
All the best!
OSU!
Thanks for the detailed reply!
So from what I understand, both ways of kicking have their legitimate use.
If you made a more profound video about the mawashi geri, I'd be thrilled to watch it!
Hello sensei coukd u give me the contact information for the Japan Dojo? Thank you very much.
James Freeman