Uechi Throws from the revised OKK Blue Book

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Stryke

Post by Stryke »

You guys should all switch to Shotokan, we have lots of throws in both our book and kata.

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Mike do you want to grade me :lol: , I`d give it a try it sounds neato :roll: 8) :wink: :twisted:
Stryke

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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?
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 .

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 .
Stryke

Post by Stryke »

Isn't "grabbing" when done properly a balance displacment? -- either by pull, push, or pain reaction?
Absolutely Dana , thats probably why I see so much throwing potnetial in Uechi

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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Post by Dana Sheets »

maybe your point was they are there but werent possibly passed on because of it being general knowledge ?
Yes - that's what I'm saying.
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Post by MikeK »

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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Post by jorvik »

I've done wing-chun and Tai-chi and when folks say throwing I think they really mean pushing and pulling over :D .ok there are other techniques in the system but if you take Tai-chi as the example then there is a heck of a lot more pushing
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Post by AAAhmed46 »

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.
I think thats one of MANY factors, and not a stand alone circumstance.
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