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Red Triangle student
Orange Belt
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
Posts: 195
Location: The Red Triangle Karate Dojo in England.
Styles: Shotokan and Arbour Freestyle
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it is a fundamental to have fundamentals...lol...
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italian_guy
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Posts: 1476
Location: Italy
Styles: Formerly in Goju ryu karate (Nidan) now in Wing chun with past experience also in krav Maga, Kickboxing, Tai chi chuan (yang) and JKD.
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Thanks for your comments everyone! I think I understand what you're saying Italian. Our Hanshi always tells us that it takes time for your body to get accustomed to doing things that it normally would not do. A lot of techniques can go against the natural motion of the body. And as soon as you think that you'll never get it, something clicks and you wonder why it took you so long to perfect that technique. He always says to keep practicing and one day the light will come on and it will be like you've been doing it all your life. Hope I didn't put words in your mouth.  Just trying to see if we're thinking about similar things.
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Yes You have understood what I meant.
I tell you more. Few days ago I returned to my kickboxing class after a 3 weeks stop. I was expecting to fall into pieces after 30-40 min of the usual hard training, instead something strange happened, not only I did everything quite well but also I succeed for the first time in doing a decent spinning-hook kick. That really puzzled me  .
So keep practicing the basics! Results comes up when you don't expect and sometimes even a stop in training can be useful. |
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Quiet Dragon
Yellow Belt
Joined: 04 Dec 2003
Posts: 38
Location: Newnan, Ga
Styles: Hon-Shin-Do
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Great article gheinisch!
I have found the same thing that italian_guy is talking about and it all ties back to what gheinisch originally was talking about. If we study and practice the basics diligently, we are creating muscle memory so that while doing kata or kumite or anything else, your muscles remember the movements or stances without having to work at it, it is total second nature. This is part of the big picture of martial arts. It should be second nature, to act without thinking.
Without persistent practice of the basics, Kihon, then you have nothing to build upon.
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longarm25
Blue Belt
Joined: 26 Sep 2004
Posts: 304
Location: Ohio
Styles: Shorin Ryu, Ryu Kyu Te
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| Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:34 am Post subject: |
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Nice article 
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gcav
Blue Belt
Joined: 25 Aug 2004
Posts: 284
Location: U.S.A.
Styles: Several different Japanese and Korean styles
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| Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Nice.
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Highler
Yellow Belt
Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 73
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This has definitely helped with my perception of karate. As a whitebelt i am always desparate to learn new moves and techniques and can get a bit impatient and frustrated at times.
This has made me realise to just take it as it comes and instead of trying to cram as many things into my head as i can, and probably getting them all wrong, i will concentrate on perfecting the basics first.
Thanks
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karatekid1975
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Joined: 26 Mar 2002
Posts: 4588
Location: Upstate NY
Styles: Tang Soo Do/TKD/jujitsu
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| Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:28 am Post subject: |
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I'm wondering why I haven't read this article yet LOL.
Anyways, for a while, I was into learning the fancy stuff. But I realised a few months ago that my simple side kick was "lagging." So I forgot about the fancy stuff (for how long, I don't know), and I worked on all my basic stuff. I cleaned up a lot of them that I haven't worked on (except in forms) in forever. Now my forms look sharper and cleaner. And a simple side kick is my fav kick I can do the jump spinning whatever kicks, but I perfer the simpler stuff now (oh Lord ...... my age is showing LOL).
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ninjanurse
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Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Posts: 6154
Location: Upstate NY
Styles: TKD;Shotokan;JuJitsu;Tai Ji
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Welcome to the club Laurie!!!
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fangshi
Orange Belt
Joined: 11 Jan 2005
Posts: 235
Styles: Savate,Bagua , Aikido
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Good job ! Yes the foundation is the strongest part of any structure.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30188
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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Great article, and points relevant to all! It all starts with the basics, and we when we all get older, and can't move as fast, jump as high, or spar as long, we will still be able to perform the basic moves.
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