Anyone ever met someone who only trains forms and basics?

[Badhabits]

But...but....if you don't tighten your fist on impact you won't create the tiny explosion that all your power comes from!!

 

[JowGaWolf]

Have this ever happened to you? Your opponent throws a punch. You also throw a punch. Your fist and your opponent's fist meet face to face.

This has happened to me once.

This happened about 6 or 7 times within the same sparring session. It's one of the things that I wished I had recorded because it was crazy. We weren't trying to punch each other's fist, We were just punching through the same path at the same time. By far that's the craziest thing I've experienced in sparring.

It happened again with a different person from the same school. But I got injured on that. The punch broke my finger that has the hollow bone. That was a painful one. I knew it broke the moment his fist hit my finger, and I heard the snap. I stopped at once and stopped for the day and was done for the next 2 months in terms of sparring.

Both cases were with the gloves off.

 

[JowGaWolf]

William CC Chen punches with a banana in his hand...

He has a few videos showing him punching with an opened fist. I can see he really enjoyed teaching martial arts.

 

[Buka]

William CC Chen punches with a banana in his hand...

William CC Chen punches with a banana in his hand...

 

[Buka]

Man, I love Tai chi. Always have.

 

[Prince_Alarming]

There's a longstanding conception that traditional karate practice when it was 'te' consisted almost entirely of kata and makiwara training. I have no idea how accurate it is, or even who gave me that impression, but I'd be interested in knowing how true it is

 

[isshinryuronin]

There's a longstanding conception that traditional karate practice when it was 'te' consisted almost entirely of kata and makiwara training. I have no idea how accurate it is, or even who gave me that impression, but I'd be interested in knowing how true it is

These two elements (kata and makiwara) were certainly present in the 1800's (earlier for kata, don't know about makiwara). But I think the main component of early karate was partner drills of grab releases, grappling, defend and counter scenarios, and all the other things were in support of this. Nobody really knows what how any of this actually looked or how it was taught.