DojoChat Highlights: A Sneak-Peek of Our Fall Line-up & Using Hip Direction for StrikingPosted by Chief Instructor Joseph Dearman
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Sanchin Poll
Would some of the reasons to use an ichi strike in an upper or lower direction be due to say…
1. Your environment. Maybe you are on stairs or being attacked from a lower or higher level.
2. You’re been struck and need to react quickly, thus balancing yourself to throw a good strike from an unusual angle.
3. You have a specific area you want to strike, but the opponents body is either to lengthy or to short to strike the desired area with a normal level ichi.
Would those qualify as decent possibilities?
Yes, I agree with Cole. I would think most attacks happen right out of the blue when you’re least prepared. How can one protect oneself from attacks like, hmmm how should i describe this, like ones you can’t explain or anticipate? BAlance is very important, I would guess. So is keeping your wits about you. How about hitting someone in a less vulnerable spot other than their solar plexus, giving you just enough time to RUN AWAY? After all, we’re not learning this stuff to hurt anyone, are we?
Cole,
1. Great idea! This is one of the first I thought of as well. Taking advantage of our environment is very beneficial to defending ourselves.
2. This is a key one that I’ve been working on. I believe this would be the most beneficial to me at this point. I’m working towards striking when off-balance at a strange angle instead of getting set back up in a normal stance for a technique.
3. I’ll have to give this one some more thought. My first concern with this is that we do have other techniques for other places of the body. My other is to make sure you realize that a straight in ichi to the shoulder let’s say will have a different affect than an upward or downward to the same shoulder. Realize that the line you take to the target will cause different reactions to the person.
Thank you for the reply.
Sensei Jonathon McClain
Angel,
Very good observations. We’re certainly not learning Sanchin-Ryu to go out and hurt anyone; however, we do need to know how to hurt someone if it escalates to that level so we can get away safely. Hitting spots other than the solar plexus is very important! A one trick pony will not work but that one time, thus the name!
Protecting yourself from unexpected or “out of the blue” attacks is important. Keep aware of your surroundings and circumstances which may lead to such and attack. Your action time, not re-action time, will be very important in these scenarios. I will talk to Chief Instructor Master Dearman about making a video to go over these types of attack more in detail.
Thank you.
Sensei Jonathon McClain
Thanks for the answers and input Sensei McClain and Angel.
Especially for the feedback on number 3. It really does depend on what you want to do and how you want to position the person that is attacking you. Every strike gets a distinct reaction, and having an idea of a what that reaction is aids in handling the situation.
And I totally agree with you, Angel. I definitely never want to find myself in a situation where I have to use Sanchin-Ryu to hurt someone. If I never have to use what we’re learning, I’ll be quite content.
Still, it’s always good to be prepared for the worst.
And the video going over the different types of sudden attacks… that would be awesome.
Just some randomness of mine, for whatever it’s worth.
I have developed this weird habit when walking around campus I play out random fight scenes in my head seeing where good places for people to hide and jump out are. (Hey, I said it was weird!) I just started my PhD program at WSU in downtown Detroit if that helps with the surroundings LOL. The neatest thing I’ve found so far was along a path I will be taking every day now, which has 5 large pillars in the middle of the walkway along the side of a building. But, the building there is glass, and I look at the glass not through, so acts like a mirror. I can see all sides of the pillars. I know this is a spot too where there have been muggings, especially around Christmas when people are leaving the labs late at night. I also keep my cell in my pocket, not purse so if someone were to take it (hey, it’s Detroit, I’m assuming they’d have a gun, they can have my purse!) I would have a way of contacting the campus police (which is speed dial programed to “9″ so I don’t have to think or stop shaking enough to sort through my phone addy book to call).
I’ll stop rambling now. But things like this make me feel better if anything else, ’cause I agree with you Angel I doubt I would be expecting something. I thought it might help with your worry of something coming totally out of the blue, because stuff like this helps me feel proactive so I don’t worry about it as much.
Hey, Amy Lynn. You’re right. Your cell phone will do you no good if you are attacked, even if it is in your pocket not your purse. The best you can do is call the campus police AFTER you’ve been attacked, not during.
I guess your reflexes are the most important thing. I’m assuming that all the practice we do with the exercises is training us to respond without thinking. Or is it kind of like James Bond training? James Bond in the heat of the moment is cool and quick enough to use his sense of discernment — shoot the “bad” guys and not the little ole ladies that pop up in his sights. What if someone accidentally bumps you from behind? Will you turn and pop him one, potentially hurting him badly so you can get away?
Like I said before, I never want to hurt anyone, especially if the “attack” was an accident. I would like to learn how to be cognizant of who and why they are “attacking” and to deflect my attackers energy, just to be safe. That way, if the person was not trying to do me harm, I don’t hurt him. I achieve my objective of giving myself enough time to run away.
Seems to me in Sanchin-ryu, the forms and katas are meant to be followed-through and that’s why we practice, to make them so much a part of ourselves that we can react in certain situations without thinking about it. I’m sure those who have been in Sanchin-Ryu for a very long time can probably do this stuff in their sleep! If your body is not trained enough to recall what comes next, then the rest of us should use whatever kicks or punches that come to mind. Seems like many martial arts disciplines are like that. Protecting yourself essentially means taking the other guy out.
Of course, the better you are, the more likely you can “control” your contact (like Master Jake did with the D&W heart grocery bag). But that means of whole lot of us untrained (and even very well trained) sanchikas are throwing some wild punches and causing pain. Yes, even myself. I’m not that big or strong, but I can (and did) bruise a black belt sensei once. Ok, I received a very huge bump myself in the process from that very same sensei, but it did not cripple me for life. I’m still standing, and I like to keep it that way.
Ramble too I do (sound a bit like the Master Jedi from Star Wars). Would very much like to learn how to deflect negative energy so it doesn’t result in me returning said negative energy in kind.
Perhaps the Masters BB Dearmen could respond?
Does anyone remember what that Master Jedi’s name was? You know, the frog-like creature? I love that guy. You never expected him to be much of anything. Who’d have guesssed he was the star? Amazing.