Essential principles
The remarkable strength manifested by many individual karate techniques, both offensive and defensive, is not the mysterious, esoteric things many observers, as well as certain proponents of the art itself, would you have believe. On the contrary, it is the inevitable result of the effective application of certain well-known scientific principles to the movement of the body. Like wise
Knowledge of psychological principles, along with constant practice, enable the karate man to find openings and executes the proper techniques at the proper times, no matter how minute the movements of his opponent. At an advance level, it is even possible for a karate expert to sense the movements of his opponent before they take place.
Before learning the various individual techniques, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the physical, psychological, and combined physical-psychological principles which underlie them all of course; it is difficult to interpret complicated physical or psychological processes in terms of a few simple principles. Discussed below are the most important ones.
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