Lower Stances Without This Hidden Detail Is USELESS // Technique Tuesday Episode #3

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[@BigScoutFlag]

Can you react to,Cobra Kai is Karate kid 4 it has same actors :)

[@abelin5568]

I am a parent and my son participates in Karate. He is 13 and is a beginner. Friday he was promoted to yellow belt after successfully performing 2 beginner katas. I could see that he knew the movements, was confident, and executed them well. Now, my goal is to encourage him to "perfect" / improve his technique. To improve his execution. To improve how he exhibits "energy" and emphasis on each movement. I want to encourage him to pay close attention to the details in each movement, find the errors or parts that aren't aligned properly and make the necessary adjustments. I also want him to understand even when he "KIA" at the 8th and 16th moves..etc of Kata Gedan, that this too is a significant detail to not overlook. How do i encourage this type of detail oriented training?

[@John-ob7dh]

I did shotokan for 8 years 1972 to 80 .And we were taught that by training in low stance and moving as fast as we could in low stance really helped your speed and power in high stance when in kumite.long since ceased regular training , but do a lot of stretching and at age 81 I can still kick to head hard and fast. Proud to say graded 8 times by sensi Enoeda

[@richardwillcoxson6177]

We’ve been working on this a lot lately in training. Engaging that core and sinking in make your stances so much stronger. Your legs are also engaged.

[@paulyarlett1238]

As an older karate guy I find my joints don't let me get as low as used to but what I hav e found is it does not stop me moving and I can still train but head kicks are a no no but ribs and lower kicks no problem.

[@GorgoReptilicus]

Thank you for sharing these videos. This is also a wonderful way to manage back injury issues. Back in the 80s I screwed up my lower back in a wrestling session and have used karate stances like these demonstrated here to keep from hurting myself further. The pain returns when I've been guilty of sitting or standing for too long improperly and I always get that sorted out with these movements.

[@elizekavanagh2595]

Thank you Sensei. I'm workings on this hip tilt and the way you explained it and the exercise makes my understand better. I will practice this. Oss!

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Best of luck!

[@elizekavanagh2595]

@@KarateDojowaKu Thank you Sensei. Oss!

[@Sandr0Correia]

Hakuho (the sumo Yokozuna shown in the video) knows exactly how to use his hips... perfectly... that's why he is the best in sumo history

[@HipThrowBarb]

This makes so much sense. Tilting you pelvis does nothing on its own. Compress the abs and it connects it all.

[@saptarshimandal611]

Arigatougozaimashita Sensei, Osu. 👍🏻🇮🇳

[@Britishbaptist]

Wonderful deep teaching thank you

[@nicolasmarquez8843]

thank you for your content, it's very useful. Keep it up!

[@KarateDojowaKu]

You are welcome!

[@Dragonflyjones67]

Low stances should be optional choice to master. Better body placement and your center of gravity is not unstable. You can take advantage of your leg for body placement & sweep set up.

[@kungfufit1279]

Great video! This is very similar to the Kung Fu methodology of utilizing hip and spinal alignment. Karate and kung fu definitely share a lot of similar practices. But I really enjoy your explanations from the Karate point of view. Thank you for the video!

[@jsb1364]

Very interesting thank you. There is a similar thing in taekkyon when doing the kihap/kiai and it's also very useful with doing throws and resisting them.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Interesting!

[@abrahemsamander3967]

I want to try taekkyon sometime.

[@سيدسيد-ص3م4ب]

Cool work sir thank you very much 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Most welcome

[@chrismcdaniel475]

I love lower stances.

[@mfreimund2]

You should’ve lean your BO. It cause warping. Lay it flat on the floor or in a vertical wall rack.

[@dwightdhansen]

Isshin Ryu says hi ;-) All of our stances are high with the tanden connected.

[@whitewh1]

There is a good exercise from Adam Chan that shows what happens when you do this. Get in a horse stance facing a wall. Relax your abs (no crunch) and push against the wall. You will be able to push yourself over very easily. Now crunch your pelvis and push the wall again. You will need much more force to push yourself over.

[@stanclark3992]

Hi Heath... you mean KING Adam Chan.🤖

[@donelmore2540]

I have read (and heard) that the purpose of the lower stances is to strengthen the legs, which I suppose they do as you are putting more stress on them. As I have gotten older my stances have raised to make it easier to move in whatever direction. I have never understood the advantage of tilting up your lower abdomen. I am NOT saying it has no purpose, but just that I don’t get it. It seems to me that tilting your upper pelvis forward makes the mechanical connection to the rear leg more complete. The pelvis/hip is more in line with the rear leg. Anyway that is how I view it kind of like an engineering analysis. A lot of Chinese and Okinawan martial artists don’t agree with me so it is very possible that I am wrong.

[@markostojanovic6973]

i agree withe part that lower stances are practiced to make your legs stronger, and thats fine. being so low is not really useful in a fight, but on the other hand being used to be low and move in those stances can be useful for movement during a fight. regarding the tilting of the lower abdomen/pelvis: your comment made me get up and try it in different stances (musubu dachi, heiko dachi, sanchin dachi, zdenkutsu dachi, kiba dachi, shiko dachi) and pay attention what happens to my body. so here is my 2 cents on the topic: i felt more stable, in the lack of better words, more rooted. my whole body got a bit tighter and thus snappier. now im sorry i dont have a makiwara to try and punch it a few times to see how it would feel in different stances... personally i do feel like im a bit quicker and can deliver a bit more energy to my movements and techniques after i started to tilt my pelvis during training. disclaimer: i am by no way a authority on the topic, this is just my observation on the topic

[@donelmore2540]

@@markostojanovic6973 Which way are you tilting your tilting your pelvis?

[@BelloBudo007]

I was told the same story too. Either that or I created it in my own mind to justify my 'low stance' practice. And of course as we age, like it or not, that practice becomes too difficult. If lower stances are good for making legs stronger, and that's why we do it, then why don't boxers or MMA people, etc, train with low stances? These guys are often fighting for money or rankings, and I am pretty sure if lower stance training made their legs stronger, that they would adopt the practice.

[@markostojanovic6973]

@@BelloBudo007 but they do. a stance is just a 'snapshot' of the movement. you dont train it in the same way in a sport or martial art. in a 'aplication' you will never do a low stance as you do in practice, but if you do practice it you will be more agile to get in and out more easy. mma fighters have a lot more stuff to train, we as karatekas dont train for fighting (any more), sport is a different matter. when you do kumite as a athlete you train the stances but in a different way, other stuff to focus to.

[@markostojanovic6973]

@@donelmore2540 up (more like 45 degree up and front), butt in and squeezed, core tight. as showed in the video. if you take a look at how sanchin kata is performed youll see that movement of the pelvis at the end of every technique.

[@scemmer7497]

Can you Make a video on white-red belts and red belts please.

[@spencerorde8090]

Depending on the school, red could be post-black or it could be a kyuu belt, which are you referring?

[@scemmer7497]

@@spencerorde8090 Kyuu belt

[@KarateDojowaKu]

I will keep that in mind! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@CHR3S_1]

0:15 What is this Kata called?

[@user-ds7jq3mn1i]

Hi there! Let me tell you something, I am now an old man who has a lot of medical and physical problems; who has regained the passion for martial arts again. Can you please do videos on self defense as well as defending other people accompanying me. Simple moves anybody can do?

[@ludovicocamellini7309]

But this Is one of gamaku concept i think, the belly, the back, koshi muscles... Greta video

[@ludovicocamellini7309]

And off course i suggest revers crunches to becone stronger in this specific section of the body

[@senseihitmanwayofkempo8305]

I lower my hips 2 throw w them 4 most part.... like hip o shoulder throw o scooping throws... i prefer a boxing stance at a distance .... n the lower stance w step n pivot o kung fu footwork n a clinch which is when i might counter throw ... i dont attack w throws i counter w them 😎 i attack w kicks n reverse punch o jabs

[@lawrenceschuman5354]

I haven't kept up my training in 25 years. But I used to follow Yang Jwing Ming's Kung Fu. His books are adamant about low stances. And I know from experience it is hard to do. But if you really devote the strength training to your legs for low stance fighting, does it not work? I realize the expectations on a person living a modern life with commitments to employment and family can not probably live up to old Shaolin training ideals. But are low stances actually bad, or just an unobtainable ideal in our times?

[@alunoluisfernando6264]

OSS 🥋

[@user-ws3st7hu2l]

Is it same as sinking one's weight or make bottom heavy?

[@KarateDojowaKu]

It is one of the approaches to sink one's weight or make the bottom heavy

[@rubenrelvamoniz]

pelvic anteversion in karate techniques

[@aidenluong4634]

But you arent able to make good tension in the ground if you dont have your knees bent, your muscles arent engaged with each other right? Unless you're not using tension, having the knees bent is important in creating tension for faster leg movement

[@stanclark3992]

HI Dojo waKu. Shotokan karate goes into body mechanics in great detail... and there is benefit in being exact. OTOH, the overall theme of your video set is in the least implicit in all traditional karate training. That overall goal is whole body strength, whole body coordination, and so on. The entire body works as an integrated unit. Moreover, the "knee drop" concept or principle is no doubt proper... nonetheless, so are other means as long as the full body integration is utilized. Finally, other martial art styles such as boxing & Muay Thai have their own approaches to body mechanics... however, how exactly karate tradition employs the entire body has fundamental differences. Hope that helps. CHEERS.🤨

[@kdefensemartialarts8097]

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[@cool_sword2037]

Are you a renbukan marshal artist?

[@KarateDojowaKu]

I don't belong to renbukan.

[@cool_sword2037]

Oh alright. I just saw some of the movements and it kind of made me wonder.

[@senseihitmanwayofkempo8305]

Karate n kung fu n chi kung all n 1 kool

[@MrMattias87]

So you're tucking the pelvis?

[@visibleblade231]

hi

[@dcjway]

Hi 🥋😳

[@visibleblade231]

@@dcjway hey🥋🥊

[@ralfhtg1056]

5:07 your Naihanchi Dachi is too wide. Way too wide. Shoulder width would be correct.

[@fredricclack7137]

KungFu!

[@drunkengaming5960]

stand but not readable strike be a nature my friend

[@josephrivera2179]

Go to the ufc and show us

[@toddkilber1971]

My sensi said your not low to earth you get kicked to sky.