Ancient Karate masters
do not always bounce at Karate tournaments.
Why do today Karate practitioners bounce so much?
Karate Myint Kywe
Master Anko Azato and Master Yasutsune Itosu did not bounce in Karate. Master Funakoshi Gichin did not bounce at sparring
in Karate.
Master Masatoshi Nakayama also did not bounce at sparring in Karate.
Master Masutatsu Oyama also
did not bounce at
sparring in Karate.
All true traditional karate
practitioners also did not bounce
in Karate. Originated
masters of JKA and senior masters in Shotokan never used bouncing up and down
in tournament.
Real karate practitioners did not bounce. Bouncing is a “sport thing”.
It started in boxing. Bouncing is NOT appropriate
for self-defense. Senior fighter was taught to not bounce up and
down. There are top fighters who don't bounce as well. I was actually able to watch the Karate matches during in
the tournaments, and I was surprised to see how many of them bounced (up and
down) on their feet causelessly. Realistically,
always bouncing is very bad.
Bouncing is a bad habit though. Karate
has no bouncy stances. In a real fight between two skilled people the guy that
bounces will get himself killed quickly by the other guy.
Movement
is an important. Bouncing is maybe to
warm up and tactics. But the always bouncing is NOT
necessary. You need to be calm, fast and powerful. You should maintain
calm, fast and steady. We should stay calm during a fight or
tournament. I always suggested many karate practitioners
NOT to do always bounce at sparring, and that it wastes energy or it
made them so tired. You
should maintain your balance stability and motion coordinated linear
move with smoothly, so powerfully and rapidly and efficiently is
better than bouncing. This way, you can take the information and incorporate it
into your specific training plan.
If you are always too much bouncing in the competition and
tournaments, you must be tired automatically, wasting energy and less control
yourself.
Bouncing may be OK for
sport.
Sometimes this
jumping can also be used to fake moves against an opponent by using a flamingo
stance when one of your leg is in the air, but you end up using your another
leg.
Do you agree or disagree with the following above
mentioned idea?
What you choose will depend on your decision.
Your decision depends on your expedience in Karate.
Thank you.
