Punch Kick Choke Chat Episode 136 - James Pankiewicz

Join us this week on PKCC as we sit down with James Pankiewicz. Sensei Pankiewicz is a 5th Dan in Matsubayashiryu karatedo (under Arakaki Toshimitsu Hanshi). He has practiced martial arts for 30+ years including Wadoryu karate, Shorinryu karate, Jujitsu, and Okinawan kobudo. Sensei Pankiewicz first came to Japan in 1996 to study Japanese language, culture and martial arts. In addition to running Asato Dojo, he opened "The DOJO Bar" in 2011 in Naha, Okinawa as a place for like-minded locals and visiting karateka to meet and share knowledge. This year (2024) will be the 10th anniversary of the “100 Kata for Karate Day Challenge” which was founded by James Pankiewicz, who inaugurated this event to promote the spread of traditional karate practice and connect karateka around the world to Okinawa. You can find Asato Dojo’s UA-cam page at: / @asatodojookinawa7411
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[@duanewolfe9966]

Had the pleasure of training at James dojo last time I was in Okinawa. He also served as my tour guide and arranged several additional sessions with other Masters. A true teacher and life long student.

[@n0xure]

About hikite. I think it's natural instinct to try and grab the attackers arm and you're not wrong to do so, especially if there's a weapon involved. You want to minimize the danger by restricting the weapon's range of movement.
But whatever comes after is not so clear and has to be trained (pull them out of balance & reposition yourself in an angle where it's "safe" to strike back). So from a self defence perspective, practicing hikite five hundred million times makes sense - because once you grab their arm, its also natural instinct to try to push/pull the "danger" as far away from your face/torso as possible; but that gives your opponent the initiative and the leverage to pull you out of balance and then you die.