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UKEME – HIGHLINE STRIKES

These posts – and most of my classes – as I stated in my Introduction, are pedagogical experiments: My attempt to understand, explain, explicate and communicate the why and how of each technique to derive universal principles. My last several classes have explored shomen-uchi kokyu nage direct. I have presented it as a three-beat response:Continue reading “UKEME – HIGHLINE STRIKES”

8 1/2 COUNT KUMIJO

This is a refinement of the kihon 8 count kumijō by Takumi Suzuki. The purpose of the refinements are pedagogical as well as practical. Contrast the explication of the kihon version (linked above) and the refinements are evident. The traditional sequence (and its bunkai) is as follows: Reset to start the sequence again. Takumi addsContinue reading “8 1/2 COUNT KUMIJO”

Measure 114

I was in Monaco – France actually – when the ruling was announced. Bastille Day in France, but a sad travesty of interpretation in Oregon. Immergut appears to be a textualist in the spirit of Scalia, but without his subtlety and intelligence. Her ruling that “large capacity” (more than 10 round) “magazines” (note her semanticContinue reading “Measure 114”