Karate and Tai Chi, Sleek and Stunning. The stick and the hammer of karate were the topics of the Patreon post. And it started a brief conversation about a trip hammer and its role in martial arts.

A trip hammer is a tool, used by a Blacksmith to create a repetitive motion. This hammer is used in pounding hot metal or iron during the shaping process. A trip hammer is thoughtless. The trip hammer motion takes little understanding it is clear. Often a trip hammer is built around circular motions becoming a linear act.

To see what a tip hammer looks like in use and watch the motions involved, here is a link to a Youtube video. Watch a blacksmith forging using a trip hammer.

It can be difficult to find the martial arts trip hammer. It is especially difficult in a softer system as it is not conducive to such observation. One way of seeing karate and tai chi is digital versus analog.

You could look at the WUKO kata championships and see the stop and start of techniques. No such form of competitions are known about Tai Chi. The moment the trip hammer starting and finishing is easy to see in karate. These motions are not easily seen in some other arts when comparing them to karate. Both forms of martial arts are sleek and stunning. Yet they appear to far apart in the capacity of data, initiation, and action.

The Single whip movement of Tai Chi starts someplace. The question is where does it begin. Where does the trip hammer begin? How do you find the beginning position, the beginning data dot? Usually at contact, but it can begin before. It is easier to see the information at the contact point. It is important to note some initiation points can be feet or inches before contact.

There is much more contained in the podcast linked below. Learn about turning an arch into a line and a line into a dot to increase your understanding of the martial arts.

Click the link below and enjoy the rest of the information. You will learn how you can use the triphammer of karate to become sleek and stunning in your movements.

Here are a few podcast you will find interesting

• Practical System
• Your Mastery of Karate
• You think Karate Loves You

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KRIS WILDER

Kris Wilder is a martial artist based in Eastern Washington. He has authored many martial art books, including the classic, The Way of Kata. Making no apologies for his obsession of Football he can be found telling any who will listen about the nuances of the Canadian Football League.

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