Three Dimensional Martial Arts!

From Al Case at Matrix Martial Arts…

If you take a look at Karate,

as a good representative of the striking arts, 

it is one dimensional.

Forward and back.

Circling around is fine,

but it is an additive from Bruce Lee and boxing.

Real karate,

you get close,

you strike…

forward or back,

it’s one dimensional.

There are grab arts in old karate,

and you can add some if you don’t know them.

But that only makes it a two dimensional art,

in a manner of speaking.

You zip in and force throw.

Charging straight in is one dimensional

and cause the throw to be hard style.

Hard throws tend to make it two dimensional.

If you add flow throws it becomes three dimensional.

When you don’t rely on force of punching,

when you don’t rely on the relative two dimensions of force throws,

then the game opens up.

You aren’t locked into force,

you can now think outside the box of two dimensions.

Now,

I know there’s going to be some severe disagreement

with what I’ve said.

This is because various people

have various viewpoints,

different experiences,

different arts at their fingertips.

That’s okay.

But let’s consider a case.

Morihei Uyeshiba

(founder of Aikido)

Could probably take any MMA fighter out there.

Not because Aikido is superior,

but because he studied Aikijujitsu,

real combat art,

before it was watered it down,

shaped for enlightenment and illumination.

I doubt if any of his students 

could do well in the Octagon.

They have a three dimensional art

which is lacking the first dimension.

Without understanding strikes,

you can’t truly understand

how to handle strikes.

My own theory

is that you must do the grab art

as the strike enters.

Not catch the flow and guide it.

Not trap and then break, trip, or whatever.

But as the punch enters your space

you begin wrapping it.

As it misses it is already wrapped.

And the fellow has punched into a lock,

or throw or whatever.

It’s a matter of moving in the moment, 

synchronizing with the opponent

not after it.

I have seen Karate adapted to the ring.

There is some stand up. grappling,

sweeps and throws and such,

but they are force throws,

depending on muscle.

Mostly the ring consists of boxing/Muay Thai/whatever

then jujitsu ground game.

I’ve included a short clip of one of the grappling tricks

that I teach and use.

If you disagree with my analysis

of what makes a more three dimensional art,

drop a line in the comments.

Insults are fun,

but people pay more attention to physics,

links to illustrate,

and so on.

Here’s one of the techniques from my 

Matrix Kung Fu course…

Armwrapping

have a great work out!

Al

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