Finishing technique
Stomp kick has a circular motion – pushing outwards and up before stamping down with sokuto (footblade). This is infact a double technique. Firstly kick maegeri to side of opponent’s head, this exposes the neck for the final finishing technique.
Importance of “finishing” techniques when practising solo kata. Tension in the body and hand shapes was missing from my kata performance at the time.
I find it difficult to visualise the opponent when practising the solo form of kata. I was thinking this fact through last night and it seemed much easier to see in my mind's eye, the actual range of the opponent when facing a nearby wall! That way my eyes focused at the correct distance and I could make contact with various strikes. I guess this is yet another indicator that I need to move on from solo kata practise and start working more with a punchbag or a live partner.
I was thinking about the mae-geri/yoko-geri thing just now. Mostly Shotokan kata show yoko geri attacking to the knee or lower leg with a ninety degree aspect and shito-ryu shows mae geri for the same purpose, performed at 45 degree aspect. These are both essentially achieving the same aim. I personally have felt it easier to strike yokogeri, so I’m tempted to see how I can adapt my kata to take account of this (in my own practise of course).
Importance of “finishing” techniques when practising solo kata. Tension in the body and hand shapes was missing from my kata performance at the time.
I find it difficult to visualise the opponent when practising the solo form of kata. I was thinking this fact through last night and it seemed much easier to see in my mind's eye, the actual range of the opponent when facing a nearby wall! That way my eyes focused at the correct distance and I could make contact with various strikes. I guess this is yet another indicator that I need to move on from solo kata practise and start working more with a punchbag or a live partner.
I was thinking about the mae-geri/yoko-geri thing just now. Mostly Shotokan kata show yoko geri attacking to the knee or lower leg with a ninety degree aspect and shito-ryu shows mae geri for the same purpose, performed at 45 degree aspect. These are both essentially achieving the same aim. I personally have felt it easier to strike yokogeri, so I’m tempted to see how I can adapt my kata to take account of this (in my own practise of course).
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