The key kata of my style is Naihanchi Shodan, and in essence for us "all things are Naihanchi" in basic techniques. With all the time spent on online sessions, my Sensei have started to present a series of pad drills centred on the kata, for use in lessons and to be tested as a part of gradings.
This is my attempt to document them to refer back to, and where I can spot the relationship, pin them to the kata. The videos are of me trying to memorise the drills, so aren't the best for form or power. However they do I believe, show the core elements, and will give a basis for comparison as I progress.
The common features of all the drills, whether pro or reactive in nature, are to occupy the oppontent's space, unbalance the person, then disable them. This may take one step or many and we are told that sequence is not important, just the principles. The techniques that can be applied depend on the opportunities presented, rather than the sequence in which we practice them.
So to the drills themselves:
Naihanchi Drill 1:
#1Teisho, hammer fist, elbow, knee, step back drag down
The videos are taken from two separate sessions, 1 filmed from the from and the other from the side:
Naihanchi Drill 3:
#3 Step back foot across to side, low block, hook, back knee step through, front knee (now back knee) step through, head grasp, rotating drag down.
The videos are taken from two separate sessions, 1 filmed from the from and the other from the side:
Naihanchi Drill 4:
#4 push down and uppercut, roll into backfist, clinch and knee into heel stomp, cm neck crank takedown.
The videos are taken from two separate sessions, 1 filmed from the from and the other from the side:
Naihanchi Drill 5:
#5 Percussive clinch, knee, hammerfist into side of head/jaw, forearm strike into base of skull, turn and throw into wall/person/ environment.
The videos are taken from two separate sessions, 1 filmed from the from and the other from the side:
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