Thoughts, stories, and ideas from Sensei Steve Gottwirt

Thoughts, stories, and ideas from Sensei Steve Gottwirt
Some of these thoughts, stories, and personal history appeared in our newsletter, "Dō Gakuin News". Few members have been with us since our first issue in 1993. As such, ideas on this page may have been printed before, but are worth telling again.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

If your stance is weak, your Karate is weak

A few days ago I posted about weight distribution in stances. This Facebook memory came up on my timeline today:
As far back as 1979 I would go upstate NY to attend Hidy Ochiai's annual invitational tournament. At the Black Belt meeting before the event, he would talk about how he judges from he ground up. He would say that the strongest punch thrown from a weak, wobbly stance is a weak, wobbly punch. *food for thought*
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