Kime
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Kime ( Japanese 決 め ) describes the energy in karate that is transferred at the moment of greatest tension during a shock, punch or kick. All movements of the fighter should be carried out quickly and relaxed, until the moment when the technology meets, usually shown as the end position in Kihon , the energy is discharged. Kime is an essential part of karate. Externally, you can recognize Kime by the sudden, controlled locking ("locking") of the arm or leg performing the technique a few centimeters (sun dome) in front of the target or, in an emergency, exactly at the target.
Differentiation from the Kiai
The kiai (battle cry) only supports the transmission of the kime. It is often only used with the combat ending technique. The fighter should use the kime in every technique.
Details and learning process
The right kime is a great difficulty, especially for beginners, as all muscles remain completely loose until the last moment of impact and should therefore enable very fast movement. Kime, the full tension of the entire body (not just the limbs involved in the technique), should only come into effect at this moment of impact. Immediately after the technique, the fighter should fall back into a state of complete relaxation in order to be able to perform a subsequent technique quickly enough if necessary. The ability to time-limit the tension to this brief moment in rapid alternation with absolute relaxation requires years of training. In addition, the fighter should not fully extend the limbs during the kime to avoid joint damage. This is also trained in connection with the correct kime.
A frequently observed mistake is too early tensing, sometimes wrong or too many muscle groups, or too little relaxation between movements. Because of this, the Shōtōkan in particular , where a special focus is placed on strong kime, has a reputation for a certain stiffness and crampedness.
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The mastery of the kime enables both fast and powerful techniques, but at the same time protects the fighter from getting tired prematurely through permanent muscle tension.
Types of kime
Kime techniques can be practiced in three ways in the martial arts:
- by creating mechanical shock effects through physical strength
- by using a soft force to spread the destructive effects inside the opponent's body
- by stimulating the opponent's vital points with point techniques.
Most martial arts / martial arts nowadays mostly only deal with the first method, if at all, as this can be made most clearly visible “to the outside world” (for spectators or judges).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Lind : East Asian Martial Arts. The encyclopedia. Sportverlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-328-00699-0 .