"Te" means the way, ...( 5 months ago by paperclips4u)
"Te" means the way, and "kara" means empty hands or no weapon. It basically comes out to the way of fighting with no weapons. I don't speak Japanese, so I could have missed some other meaning.
ahh! hip rotation ...( 5 months ago by 1URESAM)
ahh! hip rotation or vibration. i had never heard it referred to that way.
prior to ...( 5 months ago by 1URESAM)
prior to paperclips4u's explanation, karate meant 'china hand'.
What makes you ...( 5 months ago by malasangre)
What makes you think these guys don't do that? One clip? Or.... What makes you think there is only one way to punch valid for all circumstances?
Kara-te = empty ...( 5 months ago by malasangre)
Kara-te = empty hand
to-te = Chinese hand
'TE' is not the way ...( 5 months ago by 1URESAM)
'TE' is not the way. te means hand. do is the way.
kara mean the empty ...( 5 months ago by bst28)
kara mean the empty hand and te means the way.. so when you pronounce the karate that means empty hand way...
sorry kara means ...( 5 months ago by bst28)
sorry kara means empty and te means hand and do means way so when you promounce it all at the same time it will be karate-do "empty hand way... oss
i used to have this ...( 5 months ago by 1URESAM)
i used to have this book about 25 years ago but i had no idea there was also a video. does anyone know how i can get hold of the video?
There are more than ...( 5 months ago by boxsterwelby)
There are more than one way to punch (jab, straight right, hook). But, fundamentally there is only one way that your body works. Phisiology, kinesiology. They punch correctly. Even if it looks different from western boxing, the kinetic chain is essentially the same.
Outside the dojo, ...( 4 months ago by stardingo747)
Outside the dojo, Master Funakoshi was a very nice man. However, inside the dojo, for the jumping exercises shown at 1:42, he used to attempt to hit his students with a broom stick to get them to jump. And, oh, they jumped, and did it very well.
I did Karate once.. ...( 4 months ago by tubester4567)
I did Karate once.....I accidently scissor kicked myself in the nuts so i gave it up.
Ha.( 4 months ago by ameliabedelia99)
Ha.
Karate is badass( 4 months ago by yeee941)
Karate is badass
Actually the ...( 4 months ago by mitsourugi)
Actually the kinetic chain varies an IMPORTANT bit, the pulling backwards of the arm and the reliance on muscle tension and tendon ligament strength and flexibility ( gained through adaptation)for suppport make the karate punch more potent ( and less fast)than the boxing punch.
Using recoil? Are ...( 4 months ago by boxsterwelby)
Using recoil? Are you talking about pulling the punch back slightly to create a whip like effect before it accelerates forward? I use the same technique sometimes in boxing. The down side like you said is it can be a telegraph. I think we agree on 99 percent of this.
KMBA could you put ...( 3 months ago by pmonares)
KMBA could you put on this site the rest of the video?, this is a very intresting mterial.
i love all martial ...( 3 months ago by christwarrior56)
i love all martial arts i do tae kwon do any tips on training like how long a day should you practice
Please, save the ...( 2 months ago by Kanryo13)
Please, save the videos without the counter on top of the subtitles!!! : - /
This is one of the ...( 1 month ago by RaptormanMT)
This is one of the manliest videos I have ever watched. It's like Sakigaki Otokojuku in real life.
Good video,but I ...( 3 weeks ago by earll2001)
Good video,but I wish the VCR stuff was gone.Hey,KMBA i tottaly understand.Thanks so much for the video.
gooood video( 3 weeks ago by armen1993)
gooood video
hahaha looking at ...( 2 weeks ago by GregYong)
hahaha looking at the kid with the bowl cut reminds me of myself when i was 4.
We all sucked when ...( 1 week ago by Miroku6510)
We all sucked when we started, you'll get there if you keep coming.
