Mindset In Karate “Ippon Kumite!”  We all paired off for ‘one step mutual practice’ of attack and defend.  I ended up with ‘clumsy Ray’ because everyone else avoided pairing up with him. “Chudan uke ipponme!”  This is the first defence against an attack to the body, the attacker from left fighting position steps forward and punches with the right arm to the body and the defender moves back, matching his movements meeting his arm at the ‘wedge’ point and then stick, blend, follow and redirect the arm with an inside to outside movement of his arm, breaking the attackers balance … Continue reading Mindset In Karate