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Karate Block to Attack or Throw or as a Block

Sensei Iha said most people only need to know karate blocks, punches, and kicks. When he found out I was teaching karate to people who used it regularly for self defense, he said, "just imagine there are no blocks in kata." He then said ask yourself what you did to get in each kata position. What did you do to get there? He demonstrated one or two things then, as usual, he walked away and said, "Now you try." That happened about 1992. I am aware that he taught this concept to a few of my seniors. I have spent decades studying kata responses to pushes, grabs, and pulls. Here are a few spontaneous examples during filming of using 'soto uke', or inside block, for self defense. There are many more applications as well. Sensei Iha told me that each move in kata has at least 9 different applications: percussion, tui-di (joint twisting), & kyosho (pressure points).