I suppose it’s inevitable that in non Japanese speaking countries there will always be some variation in karate terminology both due to differing sources and through misunderstandings.
- Chudan age tsuki
- Shotei osa uke
- Chudan tzuki
- Kakate
- Jodan Fura-ken uchi
- Jodan yoko Uchi uke
- Jodan yoko shuto uchi
- Ura-ken uchi
- Kentsui uke
As an aside; the way we practised these techniques in class last night was useful for helping me remember what they’re called. Each karate-ka named a technique and then shouted out the count for the drill.
I’ve done a good of study “Karate’s Grappling Techniques” by Iain Abernethy over the past few days. What a fantastic book. First and foremost it’s taught me that karate includes many techniques some of which I used to think were found only in the judo practitioner’s repertoire. Most surprisingly, hook punches and uppercuts (which I associated mostly with (western style boxing) should be in the karateka’s close combat arsenal too and as such, are found in the kata. It seems I missed them until now, because I was always looking for the big takedown or complex joint-lock.
I’d include these techniques in my teaching plans straight away – and part of me says “why not now?” The answer is I definitely want to try them in my own training regime before testing them out on a live class. Its one thing to go straight ahead and teach things exactly as I’ve been taught them, but something very different to teach them untried techniques from a book.
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