JRRMAS Staff member DG talks about smoothing out the combination. DG is the newest American Karate-Do Black Belt. He was promoted in January of this year and is doing an excellent job with the programs that he is helping with on Staff. He is currently involved with the Little Dragons, Youth Karate-Do and Adult Karate-Do programs. DG is often seen hosting free-sparring clinics/sessions after classes on Monday and Thursday evening. He is having very positive effect overall on the three Karate programs at the Studio.
Coming up shortly, I'll be posting a video clip of DG practicing/demonstrating the 'Wallace' slow Roundhouse Kick exercise....stay tuned as his skill and ability in kicking is truly remarkable!
Lesson 1:
When the Cross (rear hand) retracts, it's like pulling on a lever that drives the rear knee up for the Front Kick. In a combination the moment the first technique starts to retract the next one starts it's journey to the target and as that new one starts retracting, it set's the next technique into motion and so on...... Smoothing out the relationship between the techniques in the combination. Feints and fakes and minor timing changes (broken motion) can also be added to the combination to increase the chances of creating an opening that you can take advantage of.