Heian/Pinan Sandan Drills

Hi Holger. Drills of that type that follow the sequence of a kata are not usually my cup of tea but I thought that was very well done. I take a different approach when practicing longer , continuous drills , we practice the principles using Kakie and Muchimi before adding any technique application . When we do add application the drills would look similar , the only difference is as the sequence continues we don't "know" what we'll do next. I really liked the way you used the Soto uke/Gedan Barai from early in the drill and the trapping of both your opponents hands , a key principle of Old Style karate. The end drill which was slightly more random was nice too. Great work. All the best Mark

Hi Mark, thanks for your reply and the kind words. The drill in the order of the Kata serves as a kind of introduction. People tend to have difficulties after years of Kata training to be not a slave to the order of the movements. They also have difficulties to coordinate themselves in a close range situation. So those kind of drills should familiarise the student with that kind of situation. The ultimate goal for the drill practise is, as you stated, to flow freely overcoming obstacles as they emerge. Regards Holger

I thought it was top quality interpretation and expect some more to come!

Hi Holger. You're dead right there. Sometimes you have to remind yourself that you needn't follow the sequence of a particular form :-). That's part of the reason why I don't personally use drills that go from beginning to the end of a kata , I can see your point and how it could serve as an introduction. Regards , Mark

I like it--those are some great interpretations for the movements of Pinan Sandan, and you fit them together into a flow drill quite nicely! Many of the applications are ones that we work, and some are ones that I wouldn't have thought of. It's even similar enough to the way we do Pinan Sandan that I might just have to steal it :P. Of course, something like this is an introductory drill, and students must be able to flow freely from application to application, but it's a great place to start! I assume that was your goal, kind of like what I did with my Naihanchi Shodan renzoku bunkai drill? Thanks for sharing!

Hi everyone, I thank you all for your comments and your kind words, very much appreciated. I am really glad you like them drills. That definitely encourages us (my teacher Siggi and me) to put out more material in the future. Regards Holger

Very nice Holger.

Can you tell us what software you used to edit the videos?

Hi Dale,

thank you.

I used the Windows Movie Maker with Windows 7. It is rather limited though so I had to refrain from some of my earlier ideas. But I don't want to complain because WMM is free and I am pretty happy with the result nonetheless.

Regards Holger

Hi Holger,

I absolutely love this! Very well done and easy to follow. Thank you for creating and sharing.

I was going to embed it on the page so people don’t have to click through to YouTube to view. I noticed embedding has been disabled. I thought I’d mention it because I was not sure if that was by design or default?

I will also share the link via facebook and twitter as I think this will be a huge hit with the community.

Thanks for posting!

All the best,

Iain

Hi Iain,

thanks for the kind words.

In regards to the embedding it seems that I forgot to check the box for it, so that was not intented. You can embed it now if you like. I am new to the whole youtube thing so I simply paid not enough attention to all the settings I guess :o).

Regards Holger

hey, Holger,

Great video. It's really well done, and I like that the motions are expained in detail separately and in text also. The movements have a logical sequence, and both drills have a nice flow, but the effectiveness is still very much visible. 

Great job, keep 'em coming :) 

Best regards, 

Tomaž 

Hi Tomaž,

nice to hear (read) from you :o). Thank you for your post. Siggi an I are on it, so there will be more videos in the future.

Regards Holger