You’ve got techniques, combinations, punches and kick’s... In how to build a killer technique in martial arts. We are going to look at a great way to improve these by incorporating them into a, one time or memorised kata.
Not the same kata as the one that makes up your syllabus for grading. But a kata developed by you for the sole purpose of integrating your killer technique
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Flow
What does incorporating it into a kata do? It strengthens the feasibility of using that skill when needed. Because you have built it into a continuous motion action, Rather than just practicing it in isolation... Practice in isolation is necessary, but can leave you asking ‘when’ is a good time to use it?
This can sometimes lead to indecision during sparring.
How?
Say you stumble across a unique way to get a roundhouse kick to the midsection of your opponent. Then, yes. Practice it in isolation several times till it becomes natural. But then build it into a continuous flow of combinations, punches, kicks and stances...
This allows you to own the technique as you have learned to use it subconsciously without a pause, reducing the chance of your opponent reading it.
You can take it to a higher level by adding an imaginary opponent into this self-made kata. Then, practice, practice, practice.
Get real
Next is to try it out on a sparring partner. You can let them know what you are up to. Although it can make it harder as they try to predict it and the sparring becomes manufactured.
Alternatively, keep quiet about it and see how it unfolds. You may find it’s perfect. If it needs more work, adjust as required till you get it just right.
Once you have it working just right, you need to make it more difficult for you to execute it by asking your partner to watch out for it... When you can get it past them even though they know it is coming. Your killer technique is taking shape.
Think location
Once you have your killer technique working. It’s time to ramp up the fire under making it really invincible, through practice and also by thinking location!
Your location, your opponent’s location, location of the technique. What do I mean? I mean; are you standing, in a stance, or spinning when executing the technique? Is your sparring partner advancing, retreating, moving to the left or right?
Is the technique aimed at the mid section upper body or does it not matter? Knowing these variations of location will not only help smoothen out the technique because doing these checks is like removing the bends in the road.
It actually helps you find ways to make the technique invincible, as it becomes near impossible to read and super effective at the same time... You have just built a killer technique.
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Killer tech
We have looked at how to take one of your current techniques and build a killer technique in martial arts.
Just by applying some of the ideas here, you can turn your everyday technique into something quite unique and special.
But once you have been doing martial arts for a while you will more than likely stumble on a technique you haven’t been taught... Look out for these, as they serve as the best candidate to turn into a killer technique that is 100% yours.
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