GrahamB wrote:I have a theory that all martial arts are becoming more "internal" over time as it's the way to make what you are teaching more palatable to the masses, especially the seminar crowd or week long retreat crowd. If you are not doing martial arts for sport fighting reasons then I think your average punter wants a bit of depth, and the more 'internal' you make it the more depth you can mine. And to be honest it's pretty easy to add 'internal' principles into anything, and of course it's quite possible that the more internal way of doing things was the original way, we just somehow got diverted during the 50s/60s/70s/80s/90s/ so perhaps everything is coming back full circle.
Internal Karate - (the "real" karate!) will be the next thing, mark my words!
everything wrote:GrahamB wrote:I have a theory that all martial arts are becoming more "internal" over time as it's the way to make what you are teaching more palatable to the masses, especially the seminar crowd or week long retreat crowd. If you are not doing martial arts for sport fighting reasons then I think your average punter wants a bit of depth, and the more 'internal' you make it the more depth you can mine. And to be honest it's pretty easy to add 'internal' principles into anything, and of course it's quite possible that the more internal way of doing things was the original way, we just somehow got diverted during the 50s/60s/70s/80s/90s/ so perhaps everything is coming back full circle.
Internal Karate - (the "real" karate!) will be the next thing, mark my words!
origami_itto wrote:Relaxed Heaviness and connecting to the center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP32emzQXrE
Two Ways to create power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvvIS1EDQYI
Kime is a commonly used Japanese martial arts term. In karate it can mean "power" and/or "focus," describing the instantaneous tensing at the correct moment during a technique. The tension at this time is mostly focused on the dantian ("hara") and abdomen.
GrahamB wrote:I have a theory that all martial arts are becoming more "internal" over time as it's the way to make what you are teaching more palatable to the masses, especially the seminar crowd or week long retreat crowd. If you are not doing martial arts for sport fighting reasons then I think your average punter wants a bit of depth, and the more 'internal' you make it the more depth you can mine. And to be honest it's pretty easy to add 'internal' principles into anything, and of course it's quite possible that the more internal way of doing things was the original way, we just somehow got diverted during the 50s/60s/70s/80s/90s/ so perhaps everything is coming back full circle.
Internal Karate - (the "real" karate!) will be the next thing, mark my words!
yeniseri wrote:
This may seem strange to some but it MAY only be understood when one reaches over 60 years because one realizes that mobility and quality of life is that more important if one has an active lifestyle.
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