Kami Waza/ Special Moves
Hi, everyone. Study any Asian martial art for long enough and you may find... ...that you still can't do any of the cool techniques that you may have seen in movies or online videos! We know it is true. Many black belt students also know this to be true. There are a lot of martial arts clubs/ schools that do not even bother teaching these really spectacular and advanced techniques. You know the techniques I am talking about, right? Those crab scissor throws, back spinning sweeps and let's not forget- aerial techniques! The reasons teachers give for not teaching such techniques are usually one or more of the following: 1. They don't work on the street or they are useless. 2. They are not in the syllabus; 3. The instructor does not know them. About reasons no. 2 and 3 I am not going to write a lot. I am sure that by now we know that a lot of martial arts we see being taught today are watered down for a number of reasons. Yo...