7 ridge hands and knife hands To All ,
the 7 ridge hands and knife hands of moo kempo,
as they were taught in the early 1970's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2H_b5_SHho
sifu shawn
Mr E2Me2,
That is to cool.
Kind of interesting, that #1 and #3 are opposite. Both strikes are very similar, and if any 2 angles would be reversed deliberatly or accidentally, it makes sense that it would be those 2, as they are both what I would consider "forehand" attacks as opposed to # 2 and # 4 which I would consider "backhand" attacks. Either way, the angles are what is important, and they are all there ,even if in a slightly different order.
sifu shawn
MrE2Me2- 09-25-2006
Hello Sifu Shawn,
I agree that #1 and #3 are both forehand attacks.
One could also argue that #2 and #4 are both backhand attacks.
Although the angle of attack would differ.
I was taught to think of #2 and #4 as sort of thrusting attacks,
As opposed to a swinging attacks.
I was taught to torque forward into the strike.
(What some call “reverse rotation”.)
Here is my student of long standing and good friend.
Here he is practicing a horizontal forehand knifehand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLebWvV8p-I
Regards, MrE2Me2
To all,
Here is Kurt and myself practicing knifehands.
First up, the overhand forehand knifehand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfLDONDhPo0
Next up is the forehand ridgehand swing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-xIy8q_dLk
Regards, MrE2Me2
p.s. Surely I am not the only practitioner of Mo with a digital camera.
I tell you, I’d sure like to see others post their practice sessions.
It doesn’t have to be perfect (mine sure aren’t).
But it would be interesting to see (for me, at least).
To all,
I changed the horizontal forehand knifehand.
It is the one that I call # 1 and that Sifu Shawn calls # 3.
Originally I learned it as more of a wrist twisting strike.
It started with the back of my right hand against the back of my right ear.
I’d straighten my arm towards my attacker with my thumb pointed down.
Then I’d snap the wrist around and across my body.
As I trained and grew older, I found that I preferred the way I had first learned it.
I first learned this by bringing my right hand up to my temple like a British salute.
My fingers were pointed at my temple and my palm was towards my attacker.
Then I’d swing the arm around and across the body.
I made the change because I prefer the whole arm maneuver over the wrist.
The two main advantages for me are power and ease.
I find the way I do it now is a more powerful swing.
I am also able to use it with more ease (it is just a simpler swing for me).
Regards, MrE2Me2
Current Student- 11-06-2006
It's possible to apply that same action from both arm starting positions. But yes, you should have both the arm motion and the wrist snap together for full effectiveness.
MrE2Me2- 11-06-2006
Hello Current Student,
You posted, “It's possible to apply that same action from both arm starting positions. But yes, you should have both the arm motion and the wrist snap together for full effectiveness.”
Picture me embarrassed.
You are right.
I’ll have to work on that.
Regards, MrE2Me2
MrE2Me2- 11-13-2006
To all,
Wayne was correcting both my high back stance and my overhand knifehand.
He told how some of the guys in Calgary favored the High Back stance.
They also favored the Mantis parry to open up a target.
And then attack with an overhand knifehand to the forehead.
He told of seeing stars when one of them clocked him, instead of pulling it.
Regards, MrE2Me2
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