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a follow up to Kumite and Randori – Brother and Sister, I’d like to add one
more sibling to the family mix…weapons. Aside from the view that Karate should
remain (as indeed it never really was) an “empty hand” art, most martial arts
across the world do recognize the need for some type of weapons training.
Within
our group in eastern Ontario, Canada, it was Sensei Stan Chisholm who first
merged stand up sparring, ground work and weapons after his extensive research
into Karate, Kickboxing, Jiu Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Kali. I devoted separate
segments of a class to Karate, Jiu Jitsu and to the traditional weapons. In
Kung Fu, we mixed them up. It was perfectly natural after sparring with hands and
legs for several minutes to pick up a knife, in fact the techniques remained
the same with the only difference being a knife in one or both hands.
A
system is a system. Armed or unarmed, it should be the same. One of the reasons
why a pair of sai, for example, may feel so strange in a Karate practitioner’s
hand when performing a Kata such as one of the Nihanchi is the habit of forcing
the weapon into a strictly enforced pattern with each particular movement of
the Kata. The result is an overbearing disconnect.
“So,
do you expect me to pick up a bo staff off the rack at the side of the Dojo and
start swinging it at my partner during Kumite practise?”
As
long as you practise the concept of the The Liquid Staff. Adapt. The staff should feel as flexible as your array of kicks; the
knife you pick up as agile as your blocks and strikes. And you should be able
to still maintain your ability to lock or throw an opponent with a weapon in
your hand.
I’m
currently working with a group of excellent students on the monkey staff. Once
they’ve learned it, they’re going to be slowly blending the stick in with their
sparring, sticky hands and locks/throws practise. Interchangeability. Flexibility,
of both mind and body. The ability to adapt to the necessities of combat.
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Here’s
a class scenario I proposed in Kumite and Randori – Brother and Sister –
Let’s
add to the above, shall we? –
Transition
back and forth throws or takedowns against bear hugs from all sides. After a
few minutes, move on to sparring using low kicks only. Next we switch to
randori against knife and stick attacks, finishing with locks and takedowns.
Back to sparring. Then each student picks up a bo staff and spars – slowly and
carefully – with these weapons. Then one student drops to the floor and spars,
using kicks against her partner’s legs. Then the other drops to the floor and
does the same. Next…sparring against two opponents. Then each trio picks up the knives. Careful,
please! And so on.
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