| In this article I am going to tell you the real truth | | | | through your arm. You focus, but having a tight |
| about building ki power through karate kata. This | | | | fist is not so important, can even be a hindrance, |
| type of internal energy is actually easy to build, | | | | to the feeling that energy is snapping off the end |
| but I have never met an instructor who knew | | | | of your hand just like water would be shaken off |
| the secret of how to unlock the power. I don't | | | | your fist. |
| care if you practice Japanese Karate forms, | | | | You must have good karate stance to make this |
| Korean Karate forms, Okinawan Karate forms, or | | | | work, and this means you are going to have to |
| whatever, the power can be built--you just have | | | | examine every stance in every form and make |
| to know the three easy steps. | | | | sure the legs are bent properly, not overly |
| This theory is actually known in some Chinese | | | | straightened, and so on. And, to make this power |
| arts, used in 'Kung fu katas' if you wish to call mix | | | | work in karate fights, you are going to have to |
| labels. I take a more scientific approach, I call it | | | | set the hips properly, have them align with the |
| Flux Theory, which is just a fancy way of saying | | | | legs and turn with the motion at exactly the right |
| you are going to start the flow of energy and tap | | | | time. Do these two things, pay proper attention |
| into it. Here are the three steps. | | | | to detail, and you are going to find that the ki |
| First, you have to push from ground. Most people | | | | power you are developing is the ultimate karate |
| think this is muscle building, or equate it to | | | | weapon. |
| efficient motion, but it is far more than that. | | | | Now, most instructors don't know what I have |
| When you push from the ground you must | | | | told you here, and the forms are being altered for |
| concentrate on building and feeling the sensation | | | | some odd idea of what karate combat is. If you |
| of weight inside your push leg. | | | | have a sensei who is changing his karate forms to |
| Second, as you push the body with the leg, you | | | | kickboxing stances, or some other mixed martial |
| must start pivoting the hips. This is basic to many | | | | art method, then you are in trouble. Without the |
| martial art styles, you will see it in karate kata | | | | connection to the planet, the ki power won't build, |
| forms, hapkido forms, even (and maybe | | | | and certainly won't go through the body. |
| especially) the taekwondo white belt forms. once | | | | The point here is that you must stick to the |
| again, you must focus on the sensation of mass | | | | classical forms. You must analyze all the forms |
| moving through the leg, through the hips, up the | | | | from the different karate styles, and it it doesn't |
| body, and out the arms. | | | | matter if it is Shotokan Karate forms, goju |
| Third, and this is the very important last step, | | | | karate forms, shito ryu forms or isshin ryu forms |
| when you execute a hard punch you must feel | | | | or whatever, and make sure they are sound and |
| like you are shaking water off your arms. The | | | | workable. This is the method I depended on when |
| idea here is to get used to relaxing your arm as | | | | I created Flux Theory, and this is how you are |
| much as possible, then getting the feeling pulsing | | | | going to discover the true ki power available in |
| the arm so that the energy that went up your | | | | karate kata. |
| leg, rotated with your hip, is pushed down and | | | | |