Just wondering how many people knew or didnt know that...
2007-11-13 20:21:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Yes read his autobiography "Karate Do, My Way of Life"
2007-11-13 22:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by Sid B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shootersway is ONE MILLION percent correct!
The teachers who don't teach the application to their kata usually don't know them. That accounts for most teachers in America.
It also accounts for all the misinformation about karate being a "hard" "kicking" and "punching" art.
Funakoshi did Tuidijutsu and Kyushojutsu. He just didn't teach this to the Japanese.
Jujutsu does NOT account for any of the grappling in Okinawan Karate.
All karate has Ki development, Pressure Points, Grappling, Throwing and more. It is all in the Kata...
you know, those things that most people say are useless!!!
They are somewhat useless if you don't know what the movements mean. That's when it all becomes "kick-punch"
2007-11-14 15:15:20 · answer #2 · answered by Darth Scandalous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i had no idea but shotokan is a flowing art so u should be versatile how did u find out about Sensei Gichin Funakoshi knowing about grapling
2007-11-17 11:13:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All forms of Martial Arts have grappling techniques IN THE HIGHER LEVELS. Judo once you reach a 4th Dan has a striking system composed mainly of knife hand strikes
Remember all great Masters such as Funakoshi are skilled many differant techniques we all know what it takes to be a well rounded practitioner, People like him are very skillfull in many many ways
2007-11-14 09:15:38 · answer #4 · answered by CHRISTIAN 1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The grappling methods lay hidden in the kata that is why you cant interpret a lot of the moves as effective striking sequences.
If you have a SENSEI who can't show you these moves then you have a SENSEI who only knows half his art.
I teach them as I teach the kata advanced rank has nothing to do with it .I rather the student realize what he is doing rather than guess at it.
2007-11-14 08:01:11 · answer #5 · answered by bunminjutsu 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Indeed. I take traditional Okinawan Karate, and Grappling (particularly what would be labled as "clinch" grappling) is an essential part of karate. You can punch someone much harder if you're holding onto them. What do you think the "Chambering" is actually for?
2007-11-14 08:15:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Funakoshi came from a Samurai family, so some form of Jujitsu would've been taught to him in his youth and later incorporated into his Karate..
2007-11-14 09:33:35 · answer #7 · answered by Shienaran 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes. Many Okinawan styles include some grappling. Most people don't stick around in the style long enough to learn it.
2007-11-14 07:24:41 · answer #8 · answered by lee49202 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yup, the children of Okinawa made big circles and wrestled in them. They did this before they learned karate.
It is in his book "My Way".
2007-11-14 12:26:18 · answer #9 · answered by spidertiger440 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did !!!
2007-11-14 09:53:32 · answer #10 · answered by Ray H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋