Cracking the Kata Code: How Does a Kata Mean? Book by Tony Annesi Tony Massengill Sergei Bytchkov

Sergei Bytchkov

11th Move: Against Takedown

12 - Gichin Funakoshi

Ago Tsukiage

penetrates the complex and goes to the heart of the problem

Cracking the Kata Code: How Does a Kata Mean? Book by Tony Annesi Tony Massengill Sergei BytchkovIn most schools of karate, one step sparring is taught as a gradual introduction to freestyle sparring. In reality, freestyle has very little in common with one step sparring and less with self defense. The Okinawan masters knew that one step sparring was the way to apply what was learned in kata. Now you can learn what the masters knew! By varying your one step sparring practice you learn to react to unexpected attacks. The augmentation of one step