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As you know, I’ve been exploring quite a bit of Iain Abernethy’s Applied Karate, but he’s also got a series of videos called Extreme Impact. It’s designed to be short, to the point, and high intensity.

I downloaded one of them on a whim, and at first I was pleased at the price, about $15.00 US. When I finished downloading, I was somewhat disappointed at the short run time (20 minutes) especially since there’s a minute or two of credits. Although they said the video was lower quality than DVD, I found it quite acceptable, and the ability to put it on my iPod was a huge plus. Upon watching, I felt better about my purchase, as there was no fluff, and about a dozen new drills I could use to work on my jab. I did find his mechanics of the jab a little disconcerting since he drops his hand in a pretty clear preparatory motion, but his results certainly speak for themselves. Am I completely thrilled? Perhaps not, but really it seems a good value. I am a cheapskate after all. I’ll update this post when I get more time working on these drill ‘in the lab’.

I’ve added some video to the plum tree blocking system. It’s one of the softer blocking systems, and appears to be out of a kung fu manual from the 1960’s. I have an image of the page, but I’ll have to go find it.Found it! Click the image to enlarge. Here’s the video in question, but there’s actually several variations in the forum.
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