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...
by Richard Conceicao As with any discussion of the principles in martial arts, each one could take many years to a lifetime of exploration, in order to gain mastery. The understanding of angles and angular relationships in combat is another example of this. In our...
by Richard Conceicao Basic Blocking In order to understand the proper application of what we call “blocks” a distinction has to be made for each one having a separate defensive and offensive application. While discussion of the different applications will be resumed...
by Richard Conceicao Cat stance A stance while not commonly used as much in modern-day karate still maintains its importance in self-defense situations. As with all stances described it must be understood that these are transitional states, they are not meant to be...
