Happy day my friend.

Yup...

I guess those were the reasons why all the 'world champions' of other styles in the Boston area, wanted to come up to our dedicated sparring classes to try us out.

Fun days.

Great fighters...with so many full contact championships under their belt...all byproducts of Uechi basic curricula of the old days.

Yup, another Uechi legend... and the way he makes the kumites work for real fighting is something to behold.

Amen, Art...Bob Campbell is one of a kind...'stealing eyes' and all...full contact champion, National martial weapons champion, he was chosen by president Marco to be the 'palace' security chief...the list is endless...extremely well respected in Okinawa for his fighting prowess. Yes, we both enjoye...

Yes, that was a fun friendly match. Had that been a real fight, Nev would probably have knocked me out... He was a boxing 'Golden Glove' champion and a ' :mrgreen: nut cake' He had a very beautiful wife who became a playboy Bunny out of the Boston playboy club. One night as she was coming home from ...

Oh Yeah...a natural fighter...and scary to get into the ring with on full contact.


We had such great fighters in our group of Uechi _pioneers...

This is where I found the 'seisan jump back' useful. Performed with jumping to the front with the left knee/shin up and 'plunging' into the kicks, all kinds of them, just as they were on the way in...this 'smothering' move as we see Art demonstrate...shut down very powerful kicks...as a matter of fa...

Looking forward to it, Art.

No question about it. In fighting is a life saver, and it is a defensive component worthy of incessant practice along with the other aspects of personal protection.

And another very effective strike to think about is the vicious head butt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAjWi663kXc

He was a man and a friend like no other I have known.

We have a picture of Bill on a table in the alcove of the Bridgewater dojo...smiling and looking at every move we make on the floor...he is with us always.

Good post. It is the striking power that ends the problem, if the problem requires it.

If it requires it and we don't have it...oh well...

But easier said than done...something that really needs to be cultivated.

Master Toyama's teachings were that: Steps
in kata do not teach the practitioner to step forward, they are merely
exercises in shifting the body center. Can be forward, backward,
sideways, 90-degree step-offs with blocks that trap and lock joints.

The main idea of this deflective movement, is to eliminate being hit full force. Taking the majority of the stopping power off any attack is the objective. I'm not saying you'll never be hit with this method. You simply do not want to take that strike full bore. If you stay on your feet, you'll hav...