Thursday, April 14, 2011
Hanshi Minoru Higa
Hanshi Minoru Higa is considered one of the greatest masters now teaching on Okinawa. According to Hanshi Dan Smith, he practices 2,000 punches every day and has for many years. Even at an advanced age, he can hit from any angle and do significant damage. Here's a clip on him teaching a seminar in South America and includes a section in which he teaches Naihanchi Kata. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjfZGJQ27MA&playnext=1&list=PLC05F1C7827912056
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Push hands! Never thought I'd see that in karate! I guess I have a head start there =)
ReplyDeleteActually, many karate styles practice them, even us on occasion.
ReplyDeleteThe exercise at 58 seconds into the video I think is what you are referring to as push hands. I do not believe that the purpose of the drill as shown here is to off balance your opponent if that is what you mean by push hands. I have done this particular one for over 40 years as part of the Kwanmukan standards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clarification, Pat. I don't know the difference as they were never a part of our tradition. When I have done push hands in the past with various instructors (Higaonna, Kubo, and Miki Senseis, etc.), their approaches always seemed to contain an element of unstabilization. But that may have simply been my take on it.
ReplyDeleteThe proper Okinawan term for the push hands is Kakie (ca-key-ai)
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