The Weapons of Bare-Handed Karate: Koken 弧拳 (こけん) Kyokushin Karate Training with Cameron Quinn KarambitKnives,com
You don’t see the koken used much at all in sport karate, especially gloved fighting sports. Yet it is a really useful weapon which, by its nature, is easy to use. Hitting with a bare fist can easily cause injury, even for a well-trained fighter who is used to wrapping the hands to protect them from injury. Ironically, that leads to injury.
Today, we’ll look at a few ways to make use of the koken, as well as the correct way to make it strong.
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Osu! Great discussion as always. I remember back in the late 80's when I was a young shodan, going through a period where I was experimenting with using techniques from kata during jiyu kumite. I found koken and shotei were particularly effective for blocking for all the reasons you mentioned and yes could also be used effectively for strikes.
I smiled when you mentioned BJJ at the end as people I have rolled with have had difficulty grabbing or maintaining a grip on my wrists from the beginning. Not surprising as that was a part of my Kyokushin training from the time I was a white belt. Osu!
OSU SHIHAN Cameron many thanks for sharing the position of the fingers in koken a interesting subject this week OSU