Using the principles from the 5 dominant animals styles out of Fujian (the area that influenced the development of karate), we adapt these to karate's jab (Kizami Tsuki)
We previously covered this topic using Tournament style kumite. Now we apply it to Self-defence.
I'm amazed how often I've heard coaches point out, "This is how you jab". There is more than one way to jab, there is more than one way to do technique.
We must forever be mindful that everything we do in combat should be governed by our opponent; their tactics, their skill sets, their size etc. So its not just a matter of switching techniques to find a winning formula, it's also about switching strategies WITHIN each technique.
After all, if there is one way to jab, what do you do if your opponent is a superior counter-puncher?
What if every time you jab, they want to shoot down and tackle you to the ground?
What if they have an impenetrable guard?
What if they slip extremely well?
What if they are good anticipators, hitting you with peripheral strikes or kicks every time you jab?
What if they keep pressing forward to smother your jab, to then grapple you?
what if.....
Shihan Anthony Ryan has dedicated decades to karate training, but also years studying the 5 Animal Styles. He understands karate is not a Chinese art, but equally, karate is a system of principles (not techniques) and many of these principles comes from the animal styles.
He writes:
"Combat is about finding a winning formula quickly, then executing it. A failure to do this in kumite has minor consequences, a failure to do this in actual combat can have dire consequences. Too often students are one dimensional fighters, so when they are unsuccessful, they simply accept their opponent was too brig, or too fast, or too experienced etc. But this is an unacceptable excuse for the street, there we must not accept it in the dojo.
It doesnt mean you must win, but it does mean you must keep searching for the winning formula.
I love the animal styles because each has a vastly different physical approach, tactical approach and technical approach to each technique.
By understanding these, we can:
1. Find those animals whose physicality is akin to ours, so we are fighting to our best strengths.
2. We go from being a one dimensional fighter to a multi-dimensional fighter. This means our opponent will have a harder time predicting our attack and defence... and an unpredictable fighter is a more difficult fighter.
3. When we can identify the animal traits in our opponent, we can more quickly adapt a winning strategy to fight them"
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