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Essential Technical Aspects of the fighting
GO NO SEN
It means to respond to an attack with a counterattack or block/counterattack.
However, the timing must be such as to strike immediately the opponent's
attack is completed and before he is able to launch a further attack.
SEN NO SEN
It means attacking simultaneously with the opponent as in
nagashizuki. It implies that the 'defender' will be able to complete his
attack first, and/or displace the opponent's attack (e.g. nagashitsuki).
SEN SEN NO SEN:
It means to attack when the opponent's intent to attack is perceived,
thus pre empting the opponent's attack and catching him/her off guard.
NORU:
It is "riding," or moving in contact with the opponent
as a means of controlling the opponent's technique or body movement.. (e.g. 4° San Bon Kumite
Geri explains the concept of KO BO JICIGNO (KO: attack, BO:
defense, JICIGNO: together).
ITZUKU:
Immediate relaxing – physical and mental– after the execution
of the technique. ITZUKU is important to develop in correct and faster
way the next technique, or to be ready to defende.
WAZA NO TSUKI TORU TOKORO:
Catch the moment which the opponent attack is finished to perform
your attack (GO NO SEN).
UKETE ME TORU TOKORO:
The opposite of WAZA NO TSUKI TORU TOKOROl; Be careful to opponent attack immediately after your attack. Try to
reply being relaxed (ITZUKU).
OKORIGA SHIRA:
Anticipate the opponent attack and perform your attack (SEN SEN NO SEN).
MAAI: MA = distance, AI = to meet (with
a movement).
This term has in the idea of proper distance compare to the opponent
position.
THE CORRECT USE OF DISTANCE IS CALLED “MIKIRI” AND IT
IS THE CAPABILITY OF MOVING IN PRECISE WAY, USING MIKIRI, COMPARE TO
OPPONENT MOVEMENT.
THE RHYTHM AND THE CADENCE, THEREFORE
THE CHOICE OF THE TIME, MUST BE COINCIDE AND MUST BE FOCALIZED WITH THE
PROPER DISTANCE. THE TECHNIQUE WILL HAVE A SPACE/TIME
CONVERGENCY CALLED “ YOSHI”. THE FOCALIZE OF THIS MOMENT
MUST BE POINTED WITH KIAI
AND KIME’.
KIAI: The meaning of
KIAI is the meeting between the AI (to meet in the belly) and the KI (universal
energy).
Therefore it is, for the karate, the convoying in the belly of the
energy presents around , to get them out of you, suddenly, to form a
technique that will produce the impact.
KIAI is not used only in Martial Arts but also in the other
traditional japanese Arts (tea cerimonial act, floral compositions,
calligraphy etc.), in which to achieve the perfection in the form, the
use of extra-body energy is required (cosmic energy):
Two kind of KIAI can be listed:
MUSE NO KIAI: with sound
– It is generally used in the japanese Martial Arts. The sound of
the kiai produces also an excellent internal stimulation which gives a
major result to the effect found):
YUSE NO KIAI: MUTE OR SEMI-MUTE - It is generally used in
the other japanese Martial Arts.
KIME: KIME means “extreme decision” and is referred to the
execution of a gesture, perfect from the formal point of view, that
brings the power to an extreme limit, not performable in normal
psyche-physical condition.
The execution – with kimè – of a karate tehnique,
require a good tonicity of the muscles. |
