Making the Lower Parry work
Hello, everyone. It seems I had a case of writer's block that has kept me from writing posts lately. When you practice martial arts every day, however, there are a lot of things about it to write about, but what you don't bother with, because you tend to reckon that it is too mundane or obvious to write about. Well... maybe for experienced martial artists... Then- I end up realising again that there is not only an entirely new generation to whom we can pass on much of this seemingly redundant knowledge, but also a record to set straight with a new generation of experts. This post is about two old enemies. Some say they were never supposed to meet, but meet they did. The one was set on knocking the wind out of you, the other was... well... now its role is disputed, but everyone was sure at the time that it was his job to stop the other from achieving its goal. These two are of course the Front Kick ( Maegeri in Karate) and the Lower Parry ( Gedan Barai to Karate people). Gedan...