It all began when someone developed what is called, "Chinkuchi Pushup Bars," that was contested (by me I think) due to some anomalies along with concern for the reality of what the bars accomplished and symbolized. This led to the "challenge pushup bars" I lean toward to accomplish a more realistic physiokinetic reality based objective and skill.
First, the chinkuchi bars are hand made and cost about $300. Hm, that is pretty expensive and when you see a pair then get a bit creative you can make your own for about $30. Just because they have the titled that was awarded by a luminary in the Okinawan karate communities does not make it so and it also DOES NOT make in NOT so. (double negative in there somewhere ;-) )
Second, if you define chinkuchi then relate that meaning and understanding (by the way even one of the most experienced, knowledgable and expert karate-ka I know of today still cannot truly relate the concept soooo) of that to the chinkuchi bars and how they are performed you find some interesting pro's/con's as to their validity and viability.
This is why, when I first created my own set of both the chinkuchi bars and the challenge pushup bars I began an analysis and comparison to my understanding of the chinkuchi principle. Most of my on-going collective understanding of all three, i.e., first, chinkuchi; second, chinkuchi bar and pushup; third, challenge bar and pushups, I began to relate chinkuchi to fundamental principles and the benefit of the bars to the "stability and stabilizing skills of our muscles, bones, tendons, etc., that contribute to the application of force and power of our bodies, particularly the fist, to an adversary or opponent (predator vs. competitor).
All of this can be found in the following list of references found at the end of this article.
So, the graphic I am including are the three sets of challenge pushup bars that can be made for less than $30 from any hardware store and can be used in order to achieve stronger stabilization of our muscles, bones and sinew to apply strikes and punches of the most effective and powerful kind and that is what we all want anyway, right.
- Stage One: this set has a short single leg as seen in the graphic so that a beginner, not necessarily in karate or to physical fitness but rather to challenge pushups, can begin development of stabilizing musculature.
- Stage Two: a medium length of the single leg as seen in the graphic that adds greater instability to challenge the musculature to maintain a stable pushup structure to build up the ability of the stabilizing muscles, bone, and sinew.
- Stage Three: this is the final set with the longest single leg as seen in the graphic and I have found this one the most challenging to date. This does not mean that a longer one cannot be made and used but I have found stage three to be sufficient to get the job done taking in the concept of diminishing returns often found in physics once you begin to apply the concept in the reality of nature, the world and our universe.
So, last remark is a warning that one should use all the recommendations including a protective floor cover to ensure that accidents don’t happen that could result in sprains, etc. to the wrist or hands. You must be able to do standard regulation military types of pushups before even attempting the challenge pushups. DO NOT ATTEMPT using these without proper guidance and a good deal of caution.
When you actually become proficient in challenge pushups you will see marked improvement in karate as to makiwara, heavy bag, and other types of practice and training.
Using the Challenge Pushup Bars
Chinkuchi Pushup Bars or Challenge Pushup Bars Chinkuchi/Challenge Pushup Analysis/Research
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