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This book gives the reasons why and when for the how-to in martial arts. Many times in martial arts, as in sports, we are taught techniques and basic moves without ever really knowing why and when they should be performed, so our skills only reach a certain level. Never seeming to go up to a new skill level no matter how hard we train, while many times injuring ourselves. This book gives the reasons why and when that can help develop a more dynamic martial art and sport. With insights on body mechanics, physiology and psychology this book rebuilds our stance from the ground up, while getting an understanding of the psychology that defines us.
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This book gives the reasons why and when for the how-to in martial arts.
Many times in martial arts, as in sports, we are taught techniques and basic moves without ever really knowing why and when they should be performed, so our skills only reach a certain level. Never seeming to go up to a new
This book gives the reasons why and when that can help develop a more dynamic martial art and sport. With insights on body mechanics, physiology and psychology this book rebuilds our stance from the ground up, while getting an understanding of the psychology that defines us.
Teaching a modified, combative verison of Isshinryu karate, William Lachman (bill) has taken techniques and basic moves from Isshinryu and other classical martial arts., updated adn modified them from an dengineering point of view then, reapplied them to create a street style martial art. Included in this street style martial art Bill would teach such things as 'schoolyard rules', doing the unexpected and the economy of motion.
Later, Bill started tailoring his teachings around the student's favorite sport, so as the student improved in their martial art they also improved in their sport.
From both teaching street martial arts and tailoring the martial arts around the student's sport, Bill came to realize that there were certain fundamentals of understanding that the students seem to miss. So, Bill put these fundamentals here in this book so all could have.
Contents
1 Before reading this book
2 The whole body
3 Addendum
4 Introduction
Strength and power
Proprioception and stereognosis
Self preservation
Foreknowledge
Shoulder width measurement
Why shoulder width measurement
5 Definitions
Body mechanics
Critical obervation
To gain advantage
Predatory mode
Prey
Prey-predator
False power
To evolve
Cause-effect
Stability
Power
Mobility
The mutual relationship
The body's foundation
Spontaneous mobiity
Static-dynamic
Static lockdown
Dynamic compression
Rebounding
Asynchronous and synchronous motion
Asynchronous timing
Autopilot
Ground fighting
Section One
1 Basic ready position
2 From the ground up
The foot
The ankle
The small hollow
Adding weight to the heels
Getting back to the small hollows
Pivoting
Ball of big toe
3 The action stance
Fine tuning the action stance
Revisiting the basic ready position
Symmetry
The effects from pivoting on the heels
Rigidity of stance
4 Triangulation
The theory
Walking
The burden of apparent wieght
5 The bell curve
The analyses
Setting conditions
Analysis 1 Length of stance
Analysis 2 Width of stance
Part A
Part B
Power and mobility
Analysis 3 Height of stance
In summary
In retrospect
6 Friction
7 Why we would shift into the action stance
8 Assuming the action stance
The action stance from walking
The action stance from a standing position
9 The why and when of a stance change
10 Attaining different stances
Our model
A transitional stance
The cat stance
The 'tee' stance
Sei-uchin (sumo or square) stance
The horse stance
Pa-kua chang and sanchin
Fluidity through the stances
Section Two
1 Introduction to stepping and shuffling
2 Self-preservation and the instinct to survive
3 A new awareness
4 The two instances
5 Before contact is established and before entering into the state of dynamic compression
6 The adrenalin-factor and the limbic system
The limbic system
7 The continuation of: Before contact is established and before entering into the state of dynamic compression
8 Before contact is established but we have already entered into the state of dynamic compression
The theory of chaos
9 After contact has been established but before we have entered into the state of dynamic compression
Our disclaimers
Our controlled medium
Mild force
Moderate force
Hard force
Severe force
Asynchronous timing used against us
Entanglement
Very powerful concussive force
10 After contact has been established but after we have already entered into the state of dynamic compression
11 Time-delays
12 Shuffling verses stepping
13 Modifying our square
14 Stepping
Deviating our step
A circle on a square
Other things to note
15 Shuffling
How to shuffle
The dead zones
Section Three
1 Angles
2 The creation of momentum
3 Creating linear momentum
4 Creating angular momentum
5 The why and when of dragon stances
6 The dragon stances
The first dragon stance
The second dragon stance
The application
7 Attainment and methodology
The integration period
From other stances
Bibliography
Many times in martial arts, as in sports, we are taught techniques and basic moves without ever really knowing why and when they should be performed, so our skills only reach a certain level. Never seeming to go up to a new
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skill level no matter how hard we train, while many times injuring ourselves.This book gives the reasons why and when that can help develop a more dynamic martial art and sport. With insights on body mechanics, physiology and psychology this book rebuilds our stance from the ground up, while getting an understanding of the psychology that defines us.
Teaching a modified, combative verison of Isshinryu karate, William Lachman (bill) has taken techniques and basic moves from Isshinryu and other classical martial arts., updated adn modified them from an dengineering point of view then, reapplied them to create a street style martial art. Included in this street style martial art Bill would teach such things as 'schoolyard rules', doing the unexpected and the economy of motion.
Later, Bill started tailoring his teachings around the student's favorite sport, so as the student improved in their martial art they also improved in their sport.
From both teaching street martial arts and tailoring the martial arts around the student's sport, Bill came to realize that there were certain fundamentals of understanding that the students seem to miss. So, Bill put these fundamentals here in this book so all could have.
Contents
1 Before reading this book
2 The whole body
3 Addendum
4 Introduction
Strength and power
Proprioception and stereognosis
Self preservation
Foreknowledge
Shoulder width measurement
Why shoulder width measurement
5 Definitions
Body mechanics
Critical obervation
To gain advantage
Predatory mode
Prey
Prey-predator
False power
To evolve
Cause-effect
Stability
Power
Mobility
The mutual relationship
The body's foundation
Spontaneous mobiity
Static-dynamic
Static lockdown
Dynamic compression
Rebounding
Asynchronous and synchronous motion
Asynchronous timing
Autopilot
Ground fighting
Section One
1 Basic ready position
2 From the ground up
The foot
The ankle
The small hollow
Adding weight to the heels
Getting back to the small hollows
Pivoting
Ball of big toe
3 The action stance
Fine tuning the action stance
Revisiting the basic ready position
Symmetry
The effects from pivoting on the heels
Rigidity of stance
4 Triangulation
The theory
Walking
The burden of apparent wieght
5 The bell curve
The analyses
Setting conditions
Analysis 1 Length of stance
Analysis 2 Width of stance
Part A
Part B
Power and mobility
Analysis 3 Height of stance
In summary
In retrospect
6 Friction
7 Why we would shift into the action stance
8 Assuming the action stance
The action stance from walking
The action stance from a standing position
9 The why and when of a stance change
10 Attaining different stances
Our model
A transitional stance
The cat stance
The 'tee' stance
Sei-uchin (sumo or square) stance
The horse stance
Pa-kua chang and sanchin
Fluidity through the stances
Section Two
1 Introduction to stepping and shuffling
2 Self-preservation and the instinct to survive
3 A new awareness
4 The two instances
5 Before contact is established and before entering into the state of dynamic compression
6 The adrenalin-factor and the limbic system
The limbic system
7 The continuation of: Before contact is established and before entering into the state of dynamic compression
8 Before contact is established but we have already entered into the state of dynamic compression
The theory of chaos
9 After contact has been established but before we have entered into the state of dynamic compression
Our disclaimers
Our controlled medium
Mild force
Moderate force
Hard force
Severe force
Asynchronous timing used against us
Entanglement
Very powerful concussive force
10 After contact has been established but after we have already entered into the state of dynamic compression
11 Time-delays
12 Shuffling verses stepping
13 Modifying our square
14 Stepping
Deviating our step
A circle on a square
Other things to note
15 Shuffling
How to shuffle
The dead zones
Section Three
1 Angles
2 The creation of momentum
3 Creating linear momentum
4 Creating angular momentum
5 The why and when of dragon stances
6 The dragon stances
The first dragon stance
The second dragon stance
The application
7 Attainment and methodology
The integration period
From other stances
Bibliography
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ISBN
9781432723323
Publication
Outskirts Press, Inc.