{"id":743,"date":"2017-07-11T17:53:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T17:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=743"},"modified":"2018-11-22T08:08:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T08:08:26","slug":"renshu-ni-kumite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/renshu-ni-kumite\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Renshu Ni Kumite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renshu Kumite Ni is the second of two prearranged sequences (yakusoku randori kumite) developed by Hanshi Masayuki Kukan Hisataka to assist karatedo students to refine their favorite techniques into effective sequences utilizing both offensive and defensive strategies.<\/p>\n

In fact, the two renshu kumite were created by Hanshi Hisataka in 1963, shortly after his arrival in New York, and stemmed from his observations after teaching classes of non-Japnese for the first time. He observed that, in general, western sports favored lateral motion over angular motion, and thus one of the prime aims of the renshu kumite ni is to emphasize angular motion.<\/p>\n

An unique feature of the renshu kumite ni is that it was the first kumite created for the purpose of developing basic techniques used in competition. Prior to that time. kumite was the application of techniques from kata and the sankakutobi kumite. However, such application techniques were extremely intricate and more valuable in the development of real fighting strategies for life and death situations, as well as total physical, mental, and technical development. Renshu kumite ni (literally meaning kumite “practice”) is a scientifically developed fighting training method that can also serve as preparation for the higher level application kumite.<\/p>\n