THE HIDDEN STUFF
May 18, 2021
3 minutes
BY DAVE LOWRY
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After we become trusted students, our teachers demonstrate that what looks like the mere clenching of a fist is actually an ingenious way of grabbing an opponent’s wrist and applying a devastating lock that will have him writhing on the ground.
The explanations invariably imply that the “outer” movements of a kata are only the superficial crust of the karate pie. The layer of apples, peaches or cherries below the observable crust — the “inner” stuff of the pie — is the real taste of karate, we’re told.
There’s a rich vocabulary to is one of them. Literally, it means “hidden hand.”
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