In the study of martial arts history, the martial concepts were deleted in part by all the top masters during the period of 1960- 1970. for a more sport like art form. The use of the Kata was change by all Okinawa systems to include kata but there would no longer be a fighting ( sparring ) concept in those systems. Within those kata of the 1900s to 1950s, a west boxing with the use of kicking replaced Kata fighting. and since we know that karate came from China in part, we need to look backwards in history to find a deeper meaning, deeper than sport fighting. sport fighting, street fighting and war are three totally different subject. Sport fight is fighting one opponent with target rules and without damage, street fighting has one rule, no permanent damage. But war is fighting with a untold number and to kill and to disable from all directions is the only rule. This is why many people go back in martial history to learn what was once studied at that time. the reason I did is because If I am in a war, street may not work for me and but sport will never work again a warrior waging war. And I was very lucky, when I started to study, The last to school system I was a student in still had kata sparring an there systems.Now the dead arm method go back to the birth of Tai Chi and from there White crane then to martial system of Okinawa. For example, In Tai Chi there is a punching technique called the hollow fist punch, this punch travels with looseness of shoulder arm and fist till it touches the targets surface and then the fist,arm,shoulder and whole body turn to stone of a fraction of a second, to penetrates three inches into a vital point and then return from the target in full relaxation as at first. Then it was adopted by the White Crane system from Tai Chi because the creator of White Crane studied Tai Chi first. Than this punch method spread to Wing Chun and to Okinawa Karate as well.You have herd of this punch from Bruce Lee's one inch punch It is the same punch in all systems but in adapting to sport like system that concept was deleted by all system because the Okinawa master saw that saw the Japanese master Gichin Funakoshi's sport karate becoming very popular.This is not something made up by my, it is well documented.So in terms of a punch, the concept of a punch has gotten lost. In Okinawa this method is called The Dead Arm Method because they found a way to apply it to all of there fist styles. If understand this concept. the next thing that you must learn is the Grant Circulation. This is a higher form of Chi Gung called Nua Gung. Chi Gong is breathing to the Sea of Energy Nua Gung is the ability to direct it to the fist and feet.
2010/2/21 <ultra...@freemail.hu>
Drear Teacher
I read your page of dead arm method.
I understand this technique need dead hand weight,thrust
and the eyes need to image the attacked pressure point.
What need more?