Tom wrote:littlepanda wrote:. . .
of all the Akuzawas clips, this is the best I've seen. minimal movement.. maximum power
Just curious . . . . Are any of Akuzawa's students approaching anything like his high level of connection and power? Some people outside of Japan have been training Aunkai methods for more than 10 years now, and he's got some long-time students in Tokyo as well . . . wondering what their experience has been. It's hard training requiring a lot of tenacity--respect to those able to sustain it.
Patrick wrote:I rather think the unenthusiastic do not talk much about it
Are any of Akuzawa's students approaching anything like his high level of connection and power?
Ashura wrote:Actually, power comes from connection. Akuzawa Sensei´s strikes and throws are powerful because he is connected not because he has worked on power specifically. As a matter of fact, the Aunaki method emphasizes connection, hence the tanren and kunren.
Wuming wrote:In my experience of training (specific to me) focusing on power, vice, balance has been a mistake. Things dramatically improved for me when I focused on balance (first mine, then the opponents), and then I could focus on applying power correctly.
Conceptually, this isn't much different from boxing, where from what I've seen, the best coaches focus on shot placement (via correct head movement, foot work, and yes, balance) far before they focus on power.
It's been my experience that people who focus on power over movement, end up being not very good fighters, and I myself suffered a degradation of skills when I focused on "teh int3rn4l p0w3r."
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