Training Secret #8 - GYAKU ZUKI & KIZAMI ZUKI | Variations & Applications in Kumite

Reverse Punch The points to keep in mind for Gyaku Zuki are the same as for Oi Zuki. This punch can be extremely powerful if the rotational power of the hips is effectively used. Master the basics well in order to understand the relationship between the rotation of the hips and stretching of your rear leg. Ankle flexibility is very important. Position the toe of your rear leg toward the direction of the attack as much as possible. The important point here is not to raise the heel of your rear foot. Execute Gyaku Zuki from the changed stance. Notice the difference in the attacking distance. Gyaku Zuki from Zenkutsu Dachi, standing with the front leg bent. Next, Gyaku Zuki from Kokutsu Dachi, standing with rear leg bent. Next, you close the distance between your legs and using the power generated by bending your rear leg, execute Gyaku Zuki. First, place your weight on your rear foot and shift your weight as you punch. Imura Sensei will now demonstrate Gyaku Zuki while advancing. Gyaku Zuki while advancing with Sugi Ashi, shuffling feet. You pursue your opponent with Gyaku Zuki and then execute another Gyaku Zuki. When executing Gyaku Zuki to the upper level, Jodan, do so as if to receive the opponent's upper punch, Jodan Zuki, like a cross counter punch. Since this technique is often used in Kumite, try to learn it. Compare the differences in distances. Let's observe this technique in actual movement. This is Gyaku Zuki with a feint. If you don't feint well, you will end up giving your opponent a sufficient Maai to execute a counter attack as can be seen here. If you enter with no protection, you will be attacked at the initial contact. You enter with Yose Ashi, trailing foot, while controlling your opponent's punch with your front hand. Notice that you adjust the distance with your rear leg. Jab. This is the most frequently used strike in Kumite. When drawing your rear leg forward to pursue your opponent, do so as if you were shifting your upper body to the position of your front hand. It's important to aim squarely at your target with the top of the fist of your front hand. By fully twisting your arm at the decisive instant, you can increase the power of a technique executed from a short range. When practicing, aim to use this technique in a large motion with Kizami Zuki and Gyaku Zuki, and master the attacking distance through the expansion and contraction of your body and the bend of your rear leg. When practicing Kizami Gyaku Zuki, be sure that your Kizami Zuki is not too short. When executing a Kizami Zuki attack, you will commonly be attacked at the initial contact. You must take action to control his hand. Don't just execute a strike, but think of the most effective angle to use. You strike into your opponent's fist. If you do this, your opponent will try to avoid your fist instinctively, and you can execute an effective attack by taking advantage of this opening. You execute a strike as though controlling his elbow from the outside of his fist. You execute a strike from the inside of his fist as though throwing up your elbow. Keep in mind what you have learned thus far. Distract your opponent's attention by touching his front hand with your left, and then execute an attack while he is off guard. In this technique, you execute an attack by closing the Mai, and moving your body forward without shifting the position of your fist. As shown here, you should be able to execute an attack by stepping in freely for a small or large Mai. Also, the reason for going to the outside of your opponent is to prevent him from counterattacking, and to keep yourself in a favorable position for attacking. Let's look at this in an actual Komite situation. You won't be able to execute consecutive techniques unless you always leave a sufficient margin in your first technique as shown here. Hitotsu Kekki no Yu wo Imashimuru Koto