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Boy this has been quite exhausting!
That is using advanced technique, not kihon. Your combat form is based on the kihon but it is NOT kihon. As to the chambering bit ... that's an entirely different discussion but suffice to say chambering has nothing to do with sport based fighting. If you are striking from a chambered position I would say your defence is compromised.
Whatever. The important thing ... you won.My story on how I early on defeated the aggressive kickboxer type who fought with a more common competitive style. Well Tez and some others kinda dumped on it, called me for bragging.
I would have to see it to comment.When really, it was a prime illustration of how kihon karate technique, powered by mental discipline, overcomes the superior athlete. It was an example of the achievement (mine) of skill sought in FIRST CAUSE training. Mind & body unity, with the mind driving every action consciously.
You see, I would say that this has very little to do with kime and the critical thing is that you say you didn't exactly use kihon form. That is what I have been saying all along. You said; "This is because we change the kihon training form to adapt the form to combat, yet keep the same principles of chambering."It's not just that I moved-in physically, It's that I KIME'd in deliberately and KIME'd just enough force to deflect his Right Straight / Cross which had been aimed directly into my face. Kinda like that softer block you talked about in Goju (but really not so internally sophisticated I've sure). All techniques including the block were chambered according to kihon principles, not exactly kihon form. This is because we change the kihon training form to adapt the form to combat, yet keep the same principles of chambering. My next move caught the kickboxer completely off guard, just like the concept of your bunkai "word picture," mine a kihon follow-on taught to white belts. Of course, done with black-belt mental skills (including KIME, but more). Third, KIME'd 2nd Follow-on strike meant to end the fight KIME'd power strike) ,,, maybe not... then KIME on to next intelligent move as need be.
That is using advanced technique, not kihon. Your combat form is based on the kihon but it is NOT kihon. As to the chambering bit ... that's an entirely different discussion but suffice to say chambering has nothing to do with sport based fighting. If you are striking from a chambered position I would say your defence is compromised.
Cool, whatever works for you.Traditional karate and everything under it is a mental discipline. That's the over-riding theme in kihon kata meant to impart this FIRST CAUSE foundation. And every part of traditional karate training (as I define it) is meant to do the same....