The empi jump is not a head stomp.


Mick

doesn't matter what the empi jump is for i cann't do it. my fav kata and i suck at it. well i suck at all kata but i sort of like empi and i cann't get the jump down. fang goes to the corner crying

I seem to be pretty good at it now. But it did take a while to get the whole throw and then jump and twist right. As well as landing right.

Brings up a point.....

Here in the west we are told that its important to go right down as low as possible in the hooked stance/ reverse punch after the knee strike. I noticed people from other states tended not to do this. Whats the criteria in your region?

Yeah, we're told to go down as low as possible too. I absolutely hate that part of the kata. I never seem to get down low enough...

I was at the GKR Worldcup last year and noticed that the UK competitors barley bend at the knee. I have no problem gettting down low (at my age gravity does it for me ) it's getting back up thats the hard part

As far as i know, unless its all changed again? you are supposed to bend lowish,IMHO its no good going to low if you cant move after with the same fluid movement as before,whats this move for? what is the next move after? does it make sense to go so low?
nigel

Well straight after that sequence, where you've gone down low and punched while protecting your face, you then step back into a long stance and block, and then turn 180 and do the same thing. Getting that low just helps with the two low stances that come after it. <--- Apologies for the wording. Can't think of any technique names.

The first stance following the low punch is kokutsu dachi, but it's the older form of back stance rather than the back stance which is typically found in Shotokan kata.


Mick

Susan now knows what the jump is for And I didn't even drop her on her head in the carpark. Although she did squeal and wriggle


Mick

Susan! Ought to be ashamed of yourself!

What????????
I didn't think he was actually going to throw me!!!!!!!!!!

It does illustrate however how things can be taught hands-on in a matter of seconds compared to trying to explain in writing and still perhaps not quite "getting" it.


Mick

thanks mick

now my students know what its for

even though they wont need to learn it for a pretty long time...

...it did make for a cool combo though

I wish they let me throw people around...

Care to enlighten us oh kata guru?

Yep, actions do speak louder than words. And they hurt more too.

It's kata guruma


Mick

I mean the name of the technique portrayed by the jump is kata guruma


Mick

And I wanted to be one when I grew up - a kata guru ma ......

This is sounding like The Lion King

Don't knock it. The Lion King is probably the only good Disney movie out there.

ARE U TRIPPING?? Bambi owns!! and the little mermaids a hottie

I always thought the Lion King had the best songs. Well, music in general. No villain has beaten Scar either.

CINDARELLA'S AUNTIE DEFINES EVIL!! MUHAHAHAHAHAAA!!

Alright...
Way too far off topic...
I'm so lost and can't work out a good way to split it...

Get back on track or I'll be grumpy with the lot of you...

...and you REALLY dont want to see that

Oh my, a death threat at 2:30 in the afternoon? Ker-razy!

Sooo... Yeah, Empi. Need that for my next grading.

went through empi for the first time last nite...

...well i was excited...

I remeber being crazily excited about trying it for the first time, after we'd watched the senseis going through it. Obviously they showed off the kata by doing the 'throw over ya shoulder' move constantly.

And that then lead into the entire class going through jumping Mae Geri and flying Yoko Geri. Aerial kicks are great

Empi really doesnt strike me as that great a kata.
Maybe I'm missing something but it all seems pretty simple and more a showcase of basic techniques.

Yeh i dunno why its held in such high standards really, maybe its just the jump , or maybe the balance of fluency and strength in the kata just look hard-to-the-core, OR just becoz my sensei is always on about it and gets the kids all excited! (and me... )

Must be the jump... I reckon if they changed all the kata to include a jump then there'd be no problems with getting the kids to do kata


Mick