KU Quick Tips - Uke waza: Path to Contact

[@shanefield7413]

after nearly 50 yrs of training its great to still learn details thank you

[@monsterprone353]

Thank you for watching. I'm happy you got some value out of it.

[@witri9]

Clear, pointed and efficient. Thanks.

[@monsterprone353]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@avakinzerochill]

southern chinese arts like wing chun and wuzuquan and southeast asian arts like kali use this approach also - checking and redirection instead of one big block

[@monsterprone353]

You're absolutely right. Various arts have many similar concepts. After all, we are all trying to accomplish the same outcomes with the same tools. :)

[@donnyholman1547]

I get much Knowledge from your instruction.Much respect To yourself as well as Hanshi McArthy.

[@monsterprone353]

I’m glad you’re getting something out of my videos. :)

[@thomasmayer1000]

great video, thanks ! the practical application of the kihon-techniques brings them into life !

[@monsterprone353]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. :)

[@josephnjinju9387]

Same Blocks used in Shotokan Karate but now practical, efficient and highly effective.

[@monsterprone353]

There are always ways to refine and adapt for different purposes. Glad you like it!

[@ashokvankar3233]

Excellent application

[@michaelrobinette7211]

Thank you Sensei. These tips are great. This is on point.

[@monsterprone353]

Thanks!

[@christoddes]

I knew my teacher left out something! The fabled "passing hand! I left karate frustrated because there were immense gaps! I wish I had found a teacher like you tears ago!

[@markovuksanovic14]

These are great, Cody! Can we hope to see more regular uploads from you?

[@monsterprone353]

Definitely! I have a long list of quick tip topic ideas. :)

[@FerminMalagon]

Very useful video. Thank you so much. Oss!!

[@monsterprone353]

Glad you find it useful! :)

[@philipmoscatello3034]

excellent and efficient, thank you.

[@monsterprone353]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@krnivoro1972]

Shorin Ryu (and later Goju Ryu) practicioner. I'm new in KU but like Neo in the Matrix, I knew there was something wrong repeating Katas or doing non-practical Kihons. Now Patrick is my Morpheus, and you my Trinity....

[@monsterprone353]

Sorry for the late reply. Haven't made a video in a long time so I don't sign in often any more. Anyway, thank you for the kind words. There are many fantastic practitioners in KU to learn from between Sensei and his senior instructors. Glad you're enjoying it.

[@christopher-qk3ov]

Good vid man.

[@monsterprone353]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kenkongermany7860]

There is absolutely no need for a check. This two handed motion stems from the "net" you throw with your arms, until the attack is clearly identified. The "bridge" arm is the main block.( The check may become bridge.) And it's a total waste, not to guide the attacking limb with the main block AFTER contact. Either he resists ( easier to grab) or you follow him in ( feeling for a split second one half of his body - kakie). In the first lesson someone made his white belts stop to better feel the timing for contact. Now we blackbelts worldwide stay in the first lesson ... .

[@bartslaman]

Learn the form, then seek the formless. In kata the form is exaggerated to learn the form, In combat/kumite it should become formless again, So no wonder students first use the kata form in Kumite, as kata defines the form. This video is a good example on how to apply the form into kumite making it fast and efficient and making it formless again. Don't waist time, don't waist energy.

[@monsterprone353]

You're so right. Sometimes it seems strange that we first make something so structured and mechanical, only to eventually make it natural again. I often have discussions over what it means for a movement to be "natural," actually. Everything we do seeks to take advantage of the body's intrinsic movements patterns for maximum efficiency, power, leverage, etc. On the other hand, no one is born knowing these techniques; they must be taught. Either way, it's a beautiful transition to watch when your students start to make those connections.

[@bajuszpal172]

Dear Sir, with full respect to your goodwill to help beginners, I would rather point out the use of fast checking movements just intercepting a the attacking fistfollowed by those large standard slower blocking movements are the best way surer way of not only catching the attacking limb but also DISBALLANCING the attackerś body srtructure. Emphasizing these dual moves with dual speed could give more confidence in tbeginners´minds. For more, please refer to late JOSHIMI SOKE tutorials held in Italy some 8 years ago. Best regards, Paul, 68, retired instructor of Karate.

[@phyllischalmers8690]

Nice Cody San

[@monsterprone353]

Thanks, Renshi Phyllis!

[@arvinbjorkgren965]

Hi! Great video! Can you show this in sparring or with live resistance?

[@shankarsatheesan6846]

Great video guys, I'll make a few modifications to get rid of unnecessary movements! Could you perhaps suggest some drills to integrate this practice into Jitu kumite and MMA style sparring? I feel before suddenly trying it out, I may need to learn how to transition it to make it work.

[@monsterprone353]

Glad you enjoyed it! I'll give that some thought and see if I can make it the subject of another video. :)

[@terrymaccarrone9927]

Must move your feet.change angle of interception shortest distance to move into attack

[@monsterprone353]

You're absolutely right that you must move your feet and change angles. I have other videos dedicated to that. Here I'm showing a very simplistic introductory exercise to make a specific point. There are many more lessons to layer on top of it! Thanks for watching!

[@ryanlittlechilds]

Are these blocking techniques even modestly effective when the attacker is throwing punches in bunches (combinations)? It seems imprudent to train oneself to defend a single punch with both arms in this way when the attacker can always blast another punch in (less than) the blink of an eye. What am I missing?

[@monsterprone353]

I think that's a valid concern, however, your arms are no less available to defend a second punch than they were the first one. The first checking hand is all you really need to not get hit. You can simply keep checking punches repeatedly, if you're quick and lucky. This does leave the opponent completely free to keep punching. The second arm in contact, the bridge, provides a contact point with a small amount of control and the ability to enter to further control. You can check one or two punches and then bridge, etc. These 'blocking' movements as shown here are a beginner stage to build the coordination. Bear in mind that these techniques are also often employed not to intercept strikes, but as joint locks, chokes, etc. Cheers. Thanks for your question!

[@ryanlittlechilds]

Thanks for the clear and helpful reply. Have you found this kind of bridging effective in jiyu kumite when your opponent is throwing snap punches? Should I confine these uke waza techniques for responses to grabs only?

[@monsterprone353]

if you are intending to intercept a series of strikes but remain at distance so that both of you are free to continue striking, I would just check the strikes. The two arm movement is more of a commitment to enter into a different range of combat. It's that bridging and trapping distance that is one step closer to the clinch range. By connecting with that bridge and following their retracting punch back in, you should be able to impede the opponent's following striking attempts. These movements are of course also useful in reaching and grabbing contexts which don't require quite the same degree of speed and timing. Cheers!

[@monsterprone353]

Drilling these with an opponent set to do a sequence of two, three, or four punches, you should be able to enter in on any one of them with the bridge and a counter of your own. In doing so I've found the opponent is typically unable to complete their striking sequence. Bear in mind that regardless of the counter you choose, the bridging hand stays in contact to impede their motion. In jiyu kumite you do have to be very prepared and have well practiced timing (via drilling as mentioned above). Reaching and grabbing contexts are comparatively simpler.

[@frontdeskstaff9359]

I seriously doubt that these were ever meant to be isolated defensive techniques. It will most likely be a bad day for someone trying to block a punch and just stand there stupid like waiting for the next thing to happen. BUT these can be effective in the right context, if used as an active parry/transition to strike or grab. Kind of like a jab parry to right cross, parry to kidney shot, leg check to double leg takedown, immediately moving to attack in a fluid motion without pausing. If someone is squaring off against you in a ring or on the street, already moving with their arms up to box, these techniques probably wont work out very well, but say some asshole is in your face and wont let you leave, then tries to sucker punch you. That happened to me. I blocked his punch in a similar fashion then blasted him with a kidney shot (WITHOUT ANY PAUSE), grabbed him, slammed him to the ground and held him in a choke hold until security came. Even if you don't immediately attack, then you would at least parry into immediately stepping away into something like a boxing guard in one fluid motion.

[@dimitarpenkov4377]

If you manage to check, why bother blocking so softly at all! From my point of you these blocks are created to incapacitate the opponent's arm or leg or be used as strikes. But none of these could be done with the shortcut-blocking-distance.

[@monsterprone353]

There are always multiple purposes and contexts for everything. Sometimes redirection or control is what is required. Sometimes destruction.

[@pentuprager6225]

Copying Karate's origin's from Wu Shu.

[@monsterprone353]

Yup. All these style discussions and ultimately were all doing more or less the same thing...

[@bebodhienterprises]

You contradict yourself on the first tech. at 4:55 the hands are being used in a 1,2 fashion. In your other video "straight punch" Tegumi at 3:07-8 you say the hands must be used together. The opponent is doing the same straight punch, why not teach one technique. Are you teaching from experience or teaching a system as it was planned for you.Peace.

[@monsterprone353]

Your comment indicates a time of 4:55, which is the end of the video, so I'm not where exactly you feel I have contradicted myself. In any case, in general we'll look at what each hand does individually, then put them together into a single coordinated action.

[@bebodhienterprises]

OOOPPPSSS Looked at the wrong numbers (I was in a hurry)First tech. at 1:04Peace

[@monsterprone353]

Ah. Well, you've got to start somewhere, don't you? Get the hang of what each hand is supposed to do, then put it together. Isn't that how we all learn?

[@frontdeskstaff9359]

Is this a serious comment? Did you actually watch the video or just kind of glance at it, then decide to comment? He clearly stated to use these techniques as a single movement, then he CLEARLY stated to break down the movement in two "FOR BEGINNERS", as in for beginners to LEARN the movement, NOT to utilize the technique in two movements. If you actually watched the video and effectively listened (yeah, I know listening is a skill few have) there was no contradiction.