Baseball Bat Break

[Brandon Fisher]

Hi Everyone,
I am not usually one to post stuff like this but thought I would share. Here I am breaking a Louisville Slugger with my forearm. This is the result of many years of kote kitae training.

Enjoy

 

[jks9199]

Can you expand a little on "kote kitae training?" Like ... what is it?

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Can you expand a little on "kote kitae training?" Like ... what is it?

Kote kitae (Koe-ticky-tie) is arm conditioning and desensitization by beating it against something, often a partner. We do a little of it, but not much.

 

[Brandon Fisher]

Can you expand a little on "kote kitae training?" Like ... what is it?

Bill is correct. kote = forearm kitae = to forge
小手鍛える Kote Kitae

Here is a sample of kote kitae and ashi (leg) kitae as done in Shorin Ryu by members of the Shubukan dojo in Okinawa:

it is not real common to see this training in Shorin Ryu dojo's outside of Okinawa but some still do it. Here is a video of the same group showing some breaking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQTvzXdSiao&feature=related

Hope that helps..

 

[Mass]

Nice Job!

 

[Brandon Fisher]

Nice Job!

Thank you