This is something completely new to me, I've just been introduced to it. I'm hoping some more experienced UechiKa can share some training angles or relate their experiences as they learned it.
For lack of a better word, I call it the LV-kick for "Low Velocity" kick.
Some background:
All the kicking techniques I've learned so far have employed foot velocity as a major component in energy delivery. Different forms, stances and mechanics were involved, for sure, but in the end foot velocity played a major role in energy delivery.
I was actually getting really quite good at this, particularly my side thrust kick.
Then along comes Uechi revelation number (how many, now?)
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Imagine a hand grenade tossed into a group of the enemy.
It's metal and it weighs a couple of pounds. If it hits someone and doesn't explode, there will be some damage, but not much. It doesn't rely on any acceleration or velocity to do damage, it just has to get there and THEN the damage occurs.
Such is the LV kick.
In this kick the ONLY velocity required is the amount to get the foot onto the target. THEN the damage occurs in the "explosion".
The "explosion" is the part I'm learning, but it's not the hip or any rotation. It's a pulse sent down the limb from the body centre and delivered through the focused toes, which, conveniently, I'm now learning how to form.
This concept is blowing my mind. It's the wildest Uechi thing I've encountered in my training so far.
I must have missed all the discussion on this which surely took place before my introduction to the forums.
Can anyone dig up some past thoughts on it?
I think it would make a great topic.
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