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Errr...I don't get it?Michael Billings said:... and Circling Windmills, [font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]Grasping Eagles,[/size][/font][font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1] Parting of the Snakes[/size][/font][font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1].[/size][/font]
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Sorry KenpoChick, I was referring to techniques which use pieces of Coordination Set #1 or Coordination Set #2. These Sets get us ready for techniques, and in most cases, the techniques were there before the sets. So you could postulate that for some difficult techniques, sets were created to help master the motion needed in the upper techniques.Kenpo_Chick said:Errr...I don't get it?
hector said:Hi:
1. What is Coordination ?
hector said:2. The sets work´s on Basics of Kenpo,then Why we teach Coordination Set if coordination is not a basic as the stances, kicks, blocks, fingers ?
hector said:3. Which type of coordination we should achieve?
That's pretty vague/generalized isn't it? I mean I could list ALL of the techniques and forms and say that they teach the practitioner how to employ upper body movements in harmony with lower body movements while getting the most effective results... don't ya think? I mean, hey... first technique in our curriculum: Delayed Sword. IF you don't coordinate the upper body with the lower body movements it won't have 'effective results'. I can't think of a single technique where this type of coordination isn't taught/required; can you? Since the first of these two sets isn't even taught until Purple belt... if those students can't coordinate their upper and lower body movements yet...we are in BIG trouble.Bill Lear said:Coordination Sets 1 & 2 each the practitioner how to employ upper body movements in harmony with lower body movements while getting the most effective results. (i.e. striking and kicking at the same time, body rotation, alignment, etc...)
The harmonious functioning of parts for effective results.
:asian:
Yes, I would agree with you...Brother John said:That's pretty vague/generalized isn't it? I mean I could list ALL of the techniques and forms and say that they teach the practitioner how to employ upper body movements in harmony with lower body movements while getting the most effective results... don't ya think?
John
Really? Well I beg to differ with you here. "I" can get "effective results".Brother John said:I mean, hey... first technique in our curriculum: Delayed Sword.
IF you don't coordinate the upper body with the lower body movements it won't have 'effective results'.
John
In the Ideal Phase ..... no. We at this level are establishing a base of material and initial coordination to an unskilled student. So, of course, you need to teach the outlined exercises to be able to eventually be able to prefix, suffix, insert, rearrange, alter,adjust, regulate or delete portions of the technique so as to be able to utilize the training and be effective in your efforts.Brother John said:I can't think of a single technique where this type of coordination isn't taught/required; can you?
John
Where these sets are taught are not really the issue if you understand methods of teaching Physical Coordination. Sure, it could be taught in the Yellow or Orange Levels but there is so much material to cover that it was decided to be placed in the Purple Belt by Mr. Parker. Besides, No One said that there was not other material that taught the students to coordinate their upper and lower body movements....... did they?Brother John said:Since the first of these two sets isn't even taught until Purple belt... if those students can't coordinate their upper and lower body movements yet...we are in BIG trouble.
John
Like what principles does it violate? ......Brother John said:Besides, as I've already stated, it does incorporate movement that violates several important principles of Kenpo...how do you get around that?
John
Ok,........ I can get effective results doing this maneuver... ? I don't get it..... :idunno: ... maybe you and I are just not on the same page.Brother John said:Try kicking a punching bag with a left front ball kick and a right punch and judge for yourself if it's "for effective results".
John
He's kicking too high. :asian: Not to mention a punching bag doesn't account for range differences between a kick and a punch.Goldendragon7 said:Yes, I would agree with you...
Really? Well I beg to differ with you here. "I" can get "effective results".
In the Ideal Phase ..... no. We at this level are establishing a base of material and initial coordination to an unskilled student. So, of course, you need to teach the outlined exercises to be able to eventually be able to prefix, suffix, insert, rearrange, alter,adjust, regulate or delete portions of the technique so as to be able to utilize the training and be effective in your efforts.
Where these sets are taught are not really the issue if you understand methods of teaching Physical Coordination. Sure, it could be taught in the Yellow or Orange Levels but there is so much material to cover that it was decided to be placed in the Purple Belt by Mr. Parker. Besides, No One said that there was not other material that taught the students to coordinate their upper and lower body movements....... did they?
All the "sets" are considered "appendices" to the base curriculum. With that in mind... they are just additional drills to "focus in on" certain aspects of the art to gain greater insights and skills.
Mr. Parker used to say... "at certain levels you only need to "KNOW OF" certain aspects, then at others you need to "KNOW" to a much greater level of skill, and finally you will need to "UNDERSTAND" thoroughly what it is you are teaching/doing. It is impossible to do it all at once. This is not a quick process.
As to the "BIG Trouble" you reference, I have seen many a student (of all belt classifications - including Black) that would fit your statement in many different Kenpo organizations.
Like what principles does it violate? ......
Ok,........ I can get effective results doing this maneuver... ? I don't get it..... :idunno: ... maybe you and I are just not on the same page.![]()
Well, I don't know what HE is doing...LOL,Touch'O'Death said:He's kicking too high. :asian: Not to mention a punching bag doesn't account for range differences between a kick and a punch.
Sean
With that in mind a good one for the bag would be a right Muay Thai over that top elbow and a left knee stike. :asian:Seig said:To that same issue, ask my students about getting their head sandwhiched between a left round kick and a right roundhouse punch.....
pete said:Coordination Set One conditions the body in the linear, while Coordination Set Two introduces the circular aspects of Kenpo.
Did I say I was kicking high?Touch'O'Death said:He's kicking too high. :asian: Not to mention a punching bag doesn't account for range differences between a kick and a punch.
Sean
think I understand where you are coming from Pete, but by the time you've gotten to Purple Belt I'd think that your body would already be 'conditioned' in the linear AND introduced to the circular aspects of Kenpo. Your Brother, John
IÂ’m not saying that neither you nor anyone else canÂ’t execute delayed sword and achieve effective results, not in the slightest. What I did say was that you canÂ’t move your lower body in disharmony with your upper body and achieve the effective results that Delayed Sword leads us to.
This person has passed your scrutiny through all of the Yellow Belt techniques and other requirements as well as Orange Belt techniques and requirements and has already begun their journey into the Purple Belt material…and now you intend on finally getting them used to some “coordination”?
In #4 however you are standing on one foot and simultaneously delivering a punch. How do you stand on one foot and punch and expect to be able to deliver ANY power?
Brother John said:Directional Harmony!!!
Think about it. As you settle back w/the right foot you punch forward with the right hand. Same side of your body, the base & your body weight are moving to the rear WHILE your limb is thrusting forward? NO directional harmony.
Actualy that isn't the excercise. Just think of this as an insert that doesn't lack all that much power. I thought for sure that was the "Byrds". Did Dylan write that?pete said:now, well dylan put it best "i was so much older then, i'm younger than that now!"
try an adjustment to the written form, and issue the power as your back foot lands and your hips settle... use that whole body unity!
pete.
Actualy that isn't the excercise.
I thought for sure that was the "Byrds". Did Dylan write that