I agree. I can see that TMA may be more for closer range fighting, grabs, grappling, etc. where the knowledge can be the same or different. I am thinking more from outside range to first contact where more of the difference is.
Yes, there are different situations (e.g., weapons) and purposes. However, combat sports fights in all ranges and has proven to work in the street as well.
If that was the case. Then you would keep your hands up.
It's not the kata that is the issue. It's the student. Most students don't dig deep or they restrict kata to only mean one thing with no variation. Kata also takes physics and strategies between two fighters into consideration. People who know how to use the techniques found in kata will tell you that it's impossible for the technique to work without understanding the physics and strategies behind them.
ha ha ha. We do, provided that the rules of sparring allow for punches and kicks to the head.
So far, we have not addressed the benefit of chambering that can give your punching arm the maximum reach.
We have. At certain distances or positions, you can drop or chamber your other empty hand. Also, you can lure opponents' attack by dropping your other hand. It's a guiding principle. However, it's important to know when you can break it.
It sounds easy so I'm guessing that it really isn't easy to talk about cambering since there's a lot of crazy stuff out there. Stuff that I never knew people were talking about. Some of it is over complicating things. But if you go down that Tunnel I'm sure @marvin8 will follow you lol.
The issue is if you don't train how to extend your punch to the maximum distance, in fight, you won't be able to do it.
This should be the basic rule, unless there is a reason not to. For example, if you're trying to entice the opponent into a particular line of attack and so manipulate his action. Or if you have hold of him and are pulling him in or down as part of your attack. Or the opponent is out of position/balance which allows you to do most anything. Or to confuse a not-too-bright opponent. Or if your arm is broke but you're bravely continuing the fight.
To extend all your punches would make you slower and vulnerable to counters.
Kata trains mechanics of movement and allows you to focus on things that do not have the luxury to think about when sparring and drilling.
I do both the power training (long arm) and the speed training (short arm). IMO, both training is needed.
No one is arguing against that.
Okay. However, a reasonable argument would give an answer why one should train every punch in kata or drills by chambering your other empty hand to your waist.
I wrote that because of your statement below.:
If you understand that it trains mechanics then there's no need worry if one trains every punch in kata by chambering. So long a the chamber fits the technique. Drilling is the same so long as the drills are for kata and not for sparring.
My answer is still this. If you understand this, then there's no need for the question "why one should train every punch in kata or drills by chambering your other empty hand to your waist.
Right. You don't train chambering every punch, nor would you do that in a fight. It's not necessary to chamber your hand to your waist to generate power.
I don't know of any kata that does this unless they are repeating the same technique that requires it. If reverse punch gets a chambered fist at the waist then you do it for every reverse punch. In this case you aren't doing this for every type of punch . It's only being done for the reverse punch.
Chambering every punch (empty hikite) to the waist...
I don't know about this. This is outside my reasoning for doing it. I know how to drive power but when I speak of chambered hands it's always for the purpose of getting the fist ready to strike as soon as possible. I train a long fist system so my power generation is a little different and requires a different approach than linear punches.
For me chambering occurs every time you pull you strike back to prepare for another strike. So for me there is a lot of chambering going on. IHere are 8 moves combo. There is no chambering.
