Soke Inoue Yoshimi, Rika Usami's legendary master, explains how to improve "kime" (sudden fixation of a technique) when performing a tsuki (punch). When executing a tsuki, the arm should be let go, i.e. the antagonist muscles should not be contracted to stop the punch and fixate the technique. Instead, these muscles should be relaxed and the kime should be generated by the sudden stop of the body rotation, and particularly of the hips. Soke Inoue makes the example of a car hitting an obstacle at high speed: the car (i.e. the body) is suddenly stopped, while the driver (i.e. the punching arm) is projected forward due to its momentum. Watch the other videos of Soke Inoue's seminar in this playlist and share the Karate knowledge! http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMqkOC_yn1IQKzLfYH_kaPdd2ga7KLta I recorded this video during Soke Inoue's seminar held in Caorle (Venice, Italy) on 18-20 October 2013. The seminar was organized by Sensei Francesco Favaron, founder of Inoue-Ha Shito-Ryu Italy: https://www.facebook.com/InoueHaShitoRyuItalia Thanks to Sara Vacca for the simultaneous interpretation in Italian. © 2013 Virtual Sensei