KAS
10-28-2003, 12:03 PM
I have been looking over material on Kinetic Chains and pondering how applicable this type of training is for combat preperation. Of course I think it is great!
In wing chun we were always trained that attack and defense were simultaneous. In ninjitsu (bujinkan taijutsu) were were always taught to flow with the moment. In simple terms both arts said the same thing. Taking this thought a bit further, and applying Kinetic Chain theory, I have concluded that the traditional use of "combinations" in martial arts is not optimal.
When you examine a typical combination you see that the techniques are laid out in a serial fashion. One technique begins and at its completion another follows and this continues until the combination is complete.
However if you consider the "patch", "hem" and "weave" concepts of Kinetic Chains it seems that a purely linear succession of techniques does not support the maxims of effiecient energy and maximum effectiveness.
Rather than using "combinations" it could make sense to use "combat chains".
For example: When attacked by a right hook the defender could thrust arm to block, strike the jaw with an elbow and then excute a throw. This is a typical "combination"
A "combat chain" may follow as: when defending against a right hook the defender steps into the attacker, uppsetting his balance while executing a thrust arm to parry the blow. The defender carries his forward momentum through as a sweeping elbow to the attackers neck. The sweeping elbow continues to flow through its arc path, with the defender's body following in circle. Near the end of the path of the sweeping elbow the defender continues the circular motion and uses the contact of the elbow to neck in order to execute a modified Seoi Nage (judo shoulder throw).
From a combat perspective are Kinetic Chains designed to help the fighter naturaly flow throw a series a combat chains? Is this a correct application of Kinetic Chains to combat?
-Kyle
In wing chun we were always trained that attack and defense were simultaneous. In ninjitsu (bujinkan taijutsu) were were always taught to flow with the moment. In simple terms both arts said the same thing. Taking this thought a bit further, and applying Kinetic Chain theory, I have concluded that the traditional use of "combinations" in martial arts is not optimal.
When you examine a typical combination you see that the techniques are laid out in a serial fashion. One technique begins and at its completion another follows and this continues until the combination is complete.
However if you consider the "patch", "hem" and "weave" concepts of Kinetic Chains it seems that a purely linear succession of techniques does not support the maxims of effiecient energy and maximum effectiveness.
Rather than using "combinations" it could make sense to use "combat chains".
For example: When attacked by a right hook the defender could thrust arm to block, strike the jaw with an elbow and then excute a throw. This is a typical "combination"
A "combat chain" may follow as: when defending against a right hook the defender steps into the attacker, uppsetting his balance while executing a thrust arm to parry the blow. The defender carries his forward momentum through as a sweeping elbow to the attackers neck. The sweeping elbow continues to flow through its arc path, with the defender's body following in circle. Near the end of the path of the sweeping elbow the defender continues the circular motion and uses the contact of the elbow to neck in order to execute a modified Seoi Nage (judo shoulder throw).
From a combat perspective are Kinetic Chains designed to help the fighter naturaly flow throw a series a combat chains? Is this a correct application of Kinetic Chains to combat?
-Kyle