Posted by: Ed_Morris
Showing strike follow-thru in forms - 10/28/06 10:00 AM
when actually applied with full force and intent, many non-linear strikes simply don't stop on contact...they follow-thru. from something my instructor recently pointed out when looking at Goju kata, many of strikes are on a eliptical path, but then stop - this seemingly indicates where the point of contact is...but when we executing the kata with ALL followthru - I was amazed at what the form transformed into...it looked indistiquishable from many Chinese forms. continuous arm movement, as oppossed to Karate's signature 'stop at contact' illustration.
this was a real eye opener, because it clearly demonstrated to me the very real connection of Karate to Chinese economy of movement in forms.
this thread is just for open thoughs on the subject, but a question on the side for Chinese art practitioners is: when applying/studying your forms...how do you decipher where you are striking? or does it matter since maybe you are just looking at it in terms of the principles of movement itself and not the principle of application?
thanks for any thoughts on this.
this was a real eye opener, because it clearly demonstrated to me the very real connection of Karate to Chinese economy of movement in forms.
this thread is just for open thoughs on the subject, but a question on the side for Chinese art practitioners is: when applying/studying your forms...how do you decipher where you are striking? or does it matter since maybe you are just looking at it in terms of the principles of movement itself and not the principle of application?
thanks for any thoughts on this.