Thoughts from Master Thinh

Posted by Silkisondan Karate on Saturday, July 1, 2023

Thoughts from Master Thinh

Kicking with the back leg versus kicking with the front leg…

The front leg is meant as a means of checking your opponent. You generate the most power using your back leg.

Reset

The thought of the reset in sparring is similar to boxers throwing a number of punches at each other and then breaking for a moment before throwing another set of punches. In karate we call this the reset. During a sparring session students should be able to exchange a number of techniques before resetting.

On the topic of sparring.