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The characters/ideograms, as they pertain to martial arts with specificity toward Okinawan Karate, mean, “Whip body.” The first character means, “Whip; rod,” the second character means, “somebody; person; one’s station in life.”
Whip body refers to the use of the mid-section, i.e., the band of muscles that surround and support the hip and waist girdle, where gamaku and chinkuchi are combined and then used to enhance the bodies application toward generation of force and power. If you take a look at the physiokinetics, i.e., what some refer to as body mechanics, you will see how structure, alignment, sequential locking and unlocking, spinal alignment, structure, momentum, etc. all provide channels and inter-connecting and inter-locking that provide for powerful strikes, etc.
It must be noted that when applied correctly and efficiently it generates a great power and force yet if any one or any number of the parts of the whole are not applied correctly opens the gates to leakage, leakage of power and force.
The whip like action applied from the waist and hips when grounded by the legs therefore creating an enhancement to the power and force generated by the bodies mass and movement along with other factors from physiokinetics produces additional power spikes much like adding spikes to the shoes of a football player allowing better traction to achieve speed faster while also allowing for greater maneuverability at speed for turning and other tactics of football.
Since the structure of our bodies is of a complex nature requiring many facets to align, etc., to achieve power it is prudent to have such enhancement to help generate more power and force so that any bleed off from combat conditions can be compensated so as to still achieve powerful strikes, punches, kicks, and so on.
Speed is also another trait we strive to achieve in fighting through martial arts, i.e., the speed we achieve also enhances our momentum of mass to achieve power and force. When applying the positive relaxation necessary of body and mind for speed we can relax to the extent that the musculature and skeletal systems move freely and with greater speed. Mind and body tensions tend to absorb energy slowing the entire system down thereby reducing available energy, force and power when applied to a target.
The study of the terms, meanings and applications of Okinawan Chinkuchi, Gamaku and Muchimi help the practitioner learn, absorb, encode and apply the fundamental principles of martial systems/disciplines such as physiokinetics or body mechanics.
Additional Reading:
http://isshindo.blogspot.com/2014/05/chinkuchi-again-and-again-and-again-and.html (see links at the end of this post)
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