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Secret Pact Made to Hide Karate!

Newsletter 916

Theory of Secret Techniques Proven!

Thanks to Tom Jackson,
who pointed me.

So I write,
on the Matrix Karate page of MonsterMartialArts.com,
about how Karate was passed down.
I write about the transmission of Karate
from Okinawa to Japan,
and I ask the question…
would the Okinawans really be willing
to teach the Japanese real karate
after the Japanese had ‘stolen’ their emperor?
And,
I ask the question…
would the Japanese,
even if they knew the true karate,
be willing to teach the Americans,
who had just A bombed their cities?

Two important questions.
and totally justified,
considering the condition of Karate
in modern times.

And what is the condition?
Well,
I hold to the fact
that there are secret techniques.
There are techniques that haven’t been passed down.
There are things that were held on to,
and the real karate is a mere shadow in history.

This is a sometimes unpopular position,
especially when some people hold up the karate they learned,
and think they know it all.
Their sweat obscures knowledge.

So,
the Tom J referenced at the beginning of this newsletter,
pointed me to a book

Hidden Karate:
The True Bunkai for the Heian Katas and Naihanchi
by
Gennosuke Higaki

In this book
(about page 65)
the author talks about ‘The Secret Pact.’
This pact was made between the Okinawa masters,
that the true karate should be taught.
That the real techniques should remain hidden.
There is a lot of information
concerning those ‘lost’ bunkai.
Including oral teachings,
reasons for techniques,
and so on.

It is really interesting,
I’ve been saying this for years,
then to have it totally validated
and by someone who’s credentials appear legit
is pretty cool.
Mind you,
the author apparently uses a pseudonym,
but he speaks of his training,
and the people he studied under,
and it sounds truthful.

And,
what is also interesting,
I have claimed to to know
one of the most pure styles of Karate in the world.
From a line parallel to the Japanese methodologies,
from a classmate of Funakoshi’s.
Kanken Toyama.
In the book,
the examples of bunkai
are VERY much like the ones I learned.
The reasons are the pretty much the same.
So this book validates what I have been saying
about the purity of my style of Karate.

Anyway,
I could go on and on,
but if you are interested,
Temple Karate is the course which has
much of my old style updated.
and has a series of videos
on what the original self-defense technique were based on.
Or,
you could look at the Kang Duk Won book,
which is on Amazon.
(doesn’t have the special section
on original techniques)

But,
this has given me much food for thought,
I’ll be doing a lot of research and cogitating on this stuff.
And a book,
of course.

But,
just thought I’d pass it on,
there was a secret agreement
by Okinawan masters
to keep their art secret.
Which agreement has caused Karate
to become less than it was,
has degraded the art immensely.
But I don’t believe in secrets,
I believe you only learn through honest communication,
so stay tuned.

Here’s the Temple link…

http://monstermartialarts.com/martial-arts/temple-karate/

Have a great work out!

Al

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Finding the Secrets of the Martial Arts

Newsletter 808

Arresting a Thug Using Martial Arts

Good afternoon!
Man,
is it good!
Go on,
work out,
you’ll find out!

Hey,
I received an interesting win.
Here you go…

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Click on Cover for The Secret of the One Year Black Belt!

Last night I arrested a thug at work.  I lost count of how many times I have done this over 25 years, but get this…  We use Aiki-jitsu (the late Bob Koga brought this to us and other law enforcement) as our tactics base.  Very watered down it works OK at best.  Last night I used a straight arm bar take down.  Usually a distraction technique, shuffle pivot hands on and gravity is how the magic starts.  Unfortunately some of these thugs learn through misadventures how to counter what we do.  To make a long story shorter.  I found myself doing a Buddha palm from a natural indexed stance and moved to the side.  My end position happened very fluid and I found his wrist and elbow on the transition of arm positions (during BP), reverse it with a modified arm bar take down stepping back and it was something else.  Not sure what the percentage of luck was but I think all my hours practicing clicked.  Pretty awesome! My partner was in awe! ~ KB
Thank you KB!
I love a good win!

Here’s an interesting little tidbit.
In Karate,
or other martial arts,
I sometimes talk about the space between the techniques.
I talk about this space as being crucial.
This win highlights why.

Put your hands together
in front of your face
as if praying.
Now circle one hand around
until it scoops
and is basically palm up pointing at the elbow
of the still praying hand.
That is the Buddha Palm position.
Now,
as you go back and forth,
circling the hands so that first one hand is praying,
then the other,
you find the ‘hidden’ technique.
But it’s not hidden,
it is one of those ‘spaces’
that you will find simply by doing the form.

Interestingly
there are A LOT of these ‘hidden’ techniques
in classical Karate.
You just pick two moves
and go forward and back
forward and back,
until you see what the motion is trying to do.

Unfortunately,
a lot of these ‘secrets’ are garbage.
They are just motion
nothing to be found in them.
But,
there are also the little gems
that you will find here and there.

Unfortunately,
most people only do the forms one way.
Straight forward,
they never look at the other side,
or going backward from move to move,
and look at what the motions really have in them.

And,
it is really fun to go through these
with a partner,
and look for ‘secrets.’

But,
no partner?
Just do the form forward and back,
forward and back,
move by move,
and you will find them.
Or,
as in the win that started this newsletter off,
they will,
if you throw yourself into the practice,
pop up when you need them.

It’s true.
And this is one of those things I refer to
when I say that
the art will do you.

Thanks again,
KB,

And for everybody,
start looking,
there aren’t any secrets,
there are just people
who don’t look at the forms,
who don’t throw themselves into the art,
until the art does them.

Here’s the link
for the ‘easiest to find’ secrets

http://monstermartialarts.com/martial-arts/matrix-karate/

Have a great work out!

Al

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