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Originally posted by Tom Yum
Good that you pointed out that power comes from the hips (leg extension, hip rotation). Too often I have seen karateka throw the punch as if they are performing a one arm bench press. Their punch has some snap from tricep extension and rotation of the fist, but they generally practice the punch from either a static horse stance or a deep lunge stance which prohibits hip power.
Glad that you also mentioned to keep hands up while throwing the roundhouse kick.
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Wado startrs out doing basics in motion as opposed to a lot of styles doing it from horsestance
Wados zenkutudachi( we step out with left foot and punch and call that hidari gamae) is much higher up than the other main styles(shotokan, goju en shito) because of that it is easier to use the hips properly
Strange thing is that a style like Shotokan that uses about the deepest lunge stance/zenkutsu dachi say that using the hip is important but from this stance it is impossible to use the hip efficently on top of that they use the same stance to kick, if you see them doing a roundhouse you see a body being bended and abody they goes up and down again
Because Shotokan has the largest following around the world, people think it is representative of karate but it isn't
It is actually the least practical style I've seen, great forms though
(judges score good on the deep rooted stances and the heavy breathing