By Richard Conceicao, 6thDan In Koryo there is a pair of extended arm sidekicks followed immediately by a turn and a low strike.These are commonly viewed as two separate techniques to be directed at adversaries approaching from two different directions I have never...
THE MOTION OF A MIDDLE BLOCK PART II By Richard Conceicao ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND CONCEPTS: A movement pattern can encompass many uses—“a middle block is not only a middle block”. Once you get away from limiting term “block” and just concern yourself with the movement...
by Richard Conceicao This particular hand formation has become, in the western mind, as representative of all Asian martial arts in general; from the “judo chop” on. It is ubiquitous in all of our forms, and taught in all dojangs at some level. Obviously the founders...
