Mike do you want to grade me , I`d give it a try it sounds neatoYou guys should all switch to Shotokan, we have lots of throws in both our book and kata.
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Uechi Throws from the revised OKK Blue Book
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Dana I think the fndamental flaw in your position is that karate , and particualrly Uechi is a chinese . I`ve gone the Mcarthy and Tegumi road , I`m applicative in approach , and it takes a paradigm shift , and some hard work , but it does seem obvious looking back .Now - I'm not saying that 100% of what is said about some of the more popular Okinawan systems applies to Uechi. However, I am saying that if the whole island was doing tegumi...then it may be in the realm of possibility that throwing was a "you understood" in the language of fighitng for Okinawans.
Everyone knew how it was being used, so nobody had to really talk about it.
Know what I mean?
the throws are there , look at the chinese arts and youll find them in Uechi too . But of course JMHO
I do not think Uechi is predominantly striking .
maybe your point was they are there but werent possibly passed on because of it being general knowledge ?
with this I would agree , but I`d be even more inclcined to say because of intentional direct change in teaching and purpose they werent passed on .
Absolutely Dana , thats probably why I see so much throwing potnetial in UechiIsn't "grabbing" when done properly a balance displacment? -- either by pull, push, or pain reaction?
theres so much In Uechi , the hands always working in Unison IMHO , this to me is very much Kuzushi to me , the circling aspect to Uechi moves just adds to this , the pull and push in combination , add it with movement .
Just a beautiful fnctional style on many levels IMHO
Interesting take on Goju BTW , I always felt it half way between Uechi and Shotokan ( just a feel not really anything more), interesting take on grappling though , I`ve seen a lot of Goju apps , my instinct with Uechi is it seems even closer range wise so even more grabbing could entail .
Interesting thread
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I don't know why that would happen. According to Oshima the throws in Funakoshi's book fell by the wayside since most of the Japanese taking karate already had some Judo. But I can't see why something would get dropped just because everybody already knew it. But I've been wrong once before.
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I think thats one of MANY factors, and not a stand alone circumstance.MikeK wrote:I don't know why that would happen. According to Oshima the throws in Funakoshi's book fell by the wayside since most of the Japanese taking karate already had some Judo. But I can't see why something would get dropped just because everybody already knew it. But I've been wrong once before.