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KATADORI MENUCHI 2

Kata dori menuchi is the logical development from the kata dori grab. The kihon presentation of kata menuchi is for uke to execute two quickly successive actions; the kata grab followed by an immediate overhead strike (shomen uchi). To learn to deliver two discrete attacks in a quick succession requires serious practice. I have coveredContinue reading “KATADORI MENUCHI 2”

KATA DORI 2

Kata dori is a shoulder grab with the distinct intent of a follow up strike: usually it is not a primary offensive technique. But it should not be demonstrated or perceived as a passive grab. The banner line drawing from Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere nicely illustrates one possible follow up after the initial shoulderContinue reading “KATA DORI 2”

Genetics and New England Pathology

I am a W.A.S.P (White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant) eligible as a card-carrying member of both the Mayflower Society and the Sons of the American Revolution. My maternal grandmother’s sister invested the time and patience to complete the proofs required by the Mayflower Society.[1] That lineage, the Messinger–Taft branch, is documented cleanly from Plymouth Rock to me,Continue reading “Genetics and New England Pathology”