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Wastelander
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Gojushiho/Useishi and Anaku/Ananku Kick-Catch Counter

Hello, everyone!

Many versions of the kata Gojushiho/Useishi, and Anaku/Ananku, feature a movement that some people refer to as "reverse hip thrust/drive." This is where a kick is thrown, pulled back to chamber, and then driven back at the same time a gyaku-tsuki is driven forward. In both kata, this is generally preceded by a number of punches. A clear, basic example of this can be seen in the "Superman punch" that occasionally shows up in MMA and kickboxing. This week, however, we take a look at how that movement can be applied against someone who has grabbed your leg by catching your kick or knee strike. The same idea can be applied in the process of defending against a single-leg takedown, as well.

Alex. E. Hamilton
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Lovely, nice little nuance - thank you.

 

 

 

Marc
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A good application!

There are other versions of Gojushiho where you don't set your kicking leg back behind you while you do the reverse punch (gyaku-zuki), instead you set it down forward and do a same side punch (oi-zuki).

Would that also work? Maybe as an alternative when the opponent would keep hold of your leg and would move backwards to evade your punches to his head?

Don't have a training partner at hand at the moment to try it out.

All the best

Marc

Wastelander
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Thank you! While that variation could work, it's not how I would personally approach that scenario. My late Sensei, who is in this original video, taught using the drop from Kusanku as a way to "limp-leg" out of a caught kick if they were keeping their distance, and that would be my preference.

Marc
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Ok, I see. Thank you.