Karate Kicks

[Buka]

Martial Arts are so the balls.

 

[Gyakuto]

yes in the dojo one do not wear geta, but traditional karate was meant for “the streets “

Karate was often practised outside, on compacted dirt ground of walled courtyards beyond the view of prying eyes..

 

[Haruhiko]

Karate was often practised outside, on compacted dirt ground of walled courtyards beyond the view of prying eyes..

Beyond the view of Satsuma samurai ideally, as well.

 

[Gyakuto]

Beyond the view of Satsuma samurai ideally, as well.

Samurai can see through walls, silly person

 

[Same Trick]

Karate was often practised outside, on compacted dirt ground of walled courtyards beyond the view of prying eyes..

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gichin funakoshi pictures - Bing

The paparazzi you can’t hide from. These are the pic’s that I based my lose geta/kicking theory on

 

[Gyakuto]

gichin funakoshi pictures - Bing



gichin funakoshi pictures - Bing

Oh no! I think slightly less of Funakoshi now I see he didn’t want to get his baby-clean, intellectual feet dirty. I bet Itsuo Ankō had filthy, dirt-encrusted feet!

 

[SirKicksAlot]

If you're looking for a more traditional, low-kick art, check out Okinawan Goju-Ryu, Uechi-Ryu, or Shorin-Ryu as isolated schools. These styles stick to the old, pragmatic ways and keep kicks minimal. Perfect for post-50 longevity!

I will have to do some research into the traditional Okinawan arts.

As a side note, have you considered Aikido?

I appreciate the suggestion, but with the bad rap Aikido gets and the fact that it seems like a colossal waste of time for self-defense. I just feel punching a makiwara and doing some low kicks would be time much better spent than throwing around a partner that is non-resistant.

 

[Gyakuto]

I appreciate the suggestion, but with the bad rap Aikido gets and the fact that it seems like a colossal waste of time for self-defense.

I just feel punching a makiwara and doing some low kicks would be time much better spent than throwing around a partner that is non-resistant.

Somebody’s given you some sodium thiopental

 

[isshinryuronin]

I just feel punching a makiwara and doing some low kicks would be time much better spent

I love the sound of hitting the makiwara in the morning. Toss in some low kicks and a little kote kitai - it doesn't get much better than that. And makes for a perfect first date as well.

 

[SirKicksAlot]

a little kote kitai

I am at a loss as to what this is? Nevermind, just googled it, lol.

 

[Gyakuto]

I love the sound of hitting the makiwara in the morning.

Toss in some low kicks and a little kote kitai - it doesn't get much better than that. And makes for a perfect first date as well.

Masochist!

 

[Gyakuto]

I am at a loss as to what this is? Nevermind, just googled it, lol.

Smashing forearms together

 

[Buka]

I love the sound of hitting the makiwara in the morning. Toss in some low kicks and a little kote kitai - it doesn't get much better than that. And makes for a perfect first date as well.

Love it!

 

[Haruhiko]

I will have to do some research into the traditional Okinawan arts.

www.koryu.com is a good landing page for a list of traditional arts (pre 1868) though I'm unsure of any Okinawan system is listed there.

I appreciate the suggestion, but with the bad rap Aikido gets and the fact that it seems like a colossal waste of time for self-defense

Aikido gets a bad rap from foreigners who watch enbu demonstrations and expect to see contact sparring like in the UFC. It's an ancient and highly respected art, with apparent origins being that it was used by samurai castle guards to disarm intruders. It's an elegant art.

Time is what you make of it. For modern self défense, aikido has its place and rightfully so, but if you're focused purely on self défense in everyday life... that's out of my wheelhouse. Maybe jujutsu ?

 

[Tony Dismukes]

www.koryu.com is a good landing page for a list of traditional arts (pre 1868) though I'm unsure of any Okinawan system is listed there.

I believe those are all Japanese and not Okinawan arts. Japan did not officially annex Okinawa until after 1868 and the pre-1868 martial traditions of Japan and Okinawa were pretty different.

Aikido gets a bad rap from foreigners who watch enbu demonstrations and expect to see contact sparring like in the UFC. It's an ancient and highly respected art, with apparent origins being that it was used by samurai castle guards to disarm intruders. It's an elegant art.

I don't know that I would call Aikido exactly ancient. It was developed by Ueshiba in the 1920s-1930s. It is primarily based on Daito Ryu, which goes back to the late 19th century. (The headmaster, Takeda, claimed a much older lineage for the art. But since there are no historical records of Daito Ryu prior to Takeda, it seems probable that he created it or "restored" it based on older arts.)

I'm not aware of any evidence that the techniques which went into Daito Ryu or Aikido were ever used by castle guards to disarm intruders. The question of what exactly the original context for those techniques might be is much debated.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

High kicks are useless in real combat especially in a crowded area
All showmanship..

How much “real combat“ have you done? Were there high kicks performed uselessly during your “combat” experiences?

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Im not sure how many kicks were in original Okinawa Te but the first kicks taught to me when I first took up Karate were the front kick, the side kick, and the roundhouse kick, and from my experience those are the kicks used most often, along with the knee strike for close in fighting. The front kick in particular is the most commonly used kick in the katas that I know.

if you're looking for a traditional art that doesn't use much kicks, you could look into some of the southern Chinese styles of kung fu, I believe they use mostly hand strikes and not that many kicks.

I practice a southern Chinese style of gung fu. I teach 9 kicks, not including knee strikes.