The opening move of san no tachi begins with both players connecting their ken near the kissaki. Keeping the connection flat to flat, the initial move is to snappily turn uke’s blade off-line and cut the thumb while simultaneously sliding to the flank. Nage’s right hand started vertical (seigan no kamai) and now has turned nailsContinue reading “SHIHONAGE”
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LEVELS OF TRAINING
Traditional pedagogical transmission reinforces hierarchical structure: Shoden (初傳, beginning teachings) Chuden (中傳, intermediate) Okuden (奥傳, hidden or inner teachings) … and then there is Kuden – the secrets taught “mouth to ear.” This is a good way to ensure structured progression (kyu -> dan) and maintain social gradients (kohai -> sempai). Mass production and replicableContinue reading “LEVELS OF TRAINING”
RYOTEDORI KOKYU NAGE
Suwariwaza ryotedori kokyuho as a means to establish correct tension, indexing and lines of force. Correct tension. Uke must approach nage with the intention of controlling nage’s arms with force from high to low and nage will receive with equal counter force from low to high. The resulting tension is the starting point, the axis of theContinue reading “RYOTEDORI KOKYU NAGE”
Protective Arts 