With a nod back to the thrusting triangle, it is important to remember that tsuki – the thrust – can be delivered on any line. The doce pares count is a mnemonic for you to learn that every line (slash) can be a point (thrust). We continue to play the highline. Why? Because it is arguably theContinue reading “JODAN TSUKI (Highline Thrust)”
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JODAN TSUKI
From kata dori the logical progression is tsuki – specifically jodan tsuki. If kata dori is done energetically and nage starts to play the “advanced” timing (i.e, tori is never allowed to effectively employ kata dori), the flow pattern starts to replicate a head level direct strike (a punch or lunge). To warm up andContinue reading “JODAN TSUKI”
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton – polyglot, explorer, writer, swordsman – perhaps the quintessential warrior-scholar. His life and works are impressive and deserve study. While written in Victorian prose, his work remains accessible and is deeply informed with the experience of a man who has been there, seen it, and done it all. A link to digitized versions of hisContinue reading “Sir Richard Francis Burton”
