Looking at the applications for Kata Channan. Moves 5/21/28/30 of Channan are reflex trigger responses of an emergency nature in order to take control against an attack that cannot be read as opposed to techniques that can be read.
In this respect my good friend Angel Lemus says of dojo practice and real fighting:
"This one of the most important things I can tell you about the relationship between the practice of karate and the real thing.No matter what you do in your practice, in the dojo, or at home when you practice solo, whether you like to use a lot of Koshi or a little, whether you understand the "short distance method" of executing techniques or not. All theoretical discussions about how you position your hands in a block be it close to the attacking arm or leg (full range of motion or short range etc) are irrelevant, and ultimately a waste of time, here is the reality-
1- You will not have the ability to prepare or pre-cock anything
2 - You will not have the time you are used to in your dojo
3 - You will be caught off guard (most likely)
4 - Choices will be eliminated
5 - Your opponent will dictate the what, when, how, and why
And to make matters worse your reaction time will be close to "zero” or imagine that you see the fist that is on its way to cave in your face when it is several inches from your face.This is why you have to learn to eliminate wasted movement, shorten everything you do including stances and footwork, get close to the source (not run away from it), use movements that do not require you to wind up in the opposite then reverse the direction and then go into the attack.
Until you understand and can move like this, you are "Not getting it" and you and are still in the “dance" stage of karate, which means you cannot really fight like a karateka. Notice I'm not saying that you cannot put up a good fight and defend yourself, but the latter is not what a karateka should be, a karateka is much more than this.
All this being said, is why the concept of the "walk-in" is so advantageous and allows you to take away many of the points listed above from your opponent, and gives them to you, thus putting him on the defensive, and in the worst position to be in.
Think about it, and start to practice with this in mind. Stop just moving your arms and legs and begin to get in the "zone" where time slows down, and you see, smell, and hear everything in perfect clarity and do things without though and in perfect timing in accordance to your opponent.
The scene from "The Last Samurai" where they end up in Hiki Wake (a draw) is a perfect example of this.
This is where we need to be, this is what we need to work on; everything else is just physical exercise. To mature and stop the dance, your training and your focus needs to be on how you see, how you move, calming the mind, walking in, timing, and strategy. Note - I did not use the term speed, speed is just a variable to be applied and adjusted, like angles, height, position etc...
Some food for thought...
Nincho"
The Cubic Model:
Consolidated the 288 techniques of the Cubic Model. Found it was possible to reduce the number to 48 (24 plus reversed mode) working around the clock face (on the front anterior face) from 3 o’clock to 6 o’clock, 9 o’clock and 12 o’clock; then in reverse (8 sets).
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