is: Why am I worried about remembering koryu sets? A couple of days ago I began making plans to get the partner into the gym and practice up a couple of new koryu sets that I still don't have worked into my bones. I don't have a lot of time for this and it suddenly occurred to me that I don't really have dozens of students waiting anxiously for this material.
A thought that's currently knocking around my head goes as follows. In order to cut, we must extend our arms. What is the timing of this extension. It strike me there are four possibilities; The arms should be extending through the cut. The arms should hit maximum extension at the instant of contact. The arms should already be extended as the cut lands. It doesn't matter/You can mix it up. Let start with option 1. The arms should be ...
I have been posed a question that I thought some others might be interested in.. What makes a hachidan hanshi/ 'top instructor' be so far above his students that they all look up to him with the feeling of 'no hope of catching him'??? I have some of the answers, but not all.... perfect technique and timing are part of these, as is posture and projection, but what is the thing that makes the 'wow' factor? How do you get that 'presence on the mat'???
Its over. Its finally bloody over! By far the longest 15 days of my life and without a doubt, the hardest physical training I have ever been a part of, kangeiko (winter training) is over! Characterized by rituals of colored men himo (helmet strings) depending on age, and tsubushi or 3 on 1 beatings, the training menu went as follows: Morning training 5:15am Running & warm up 5:35am Kirikaeshi (repeated striking drills) for 40 minutes ...
is: Why do people think it's appropriate to comment on koryu they aren't part of? Having watched people discuss the legitimacy of this or that teacher of this or that koryu and whether or not they had permission to do so over the years, it has always fascinated me that people feel they have the right to opine about what is essentially a family matter. Is it a Brangelina Jenn thing where it's just fun to muck into the gossip?
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