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Post by Senpai Hiroko on Mar 4, 2014 14:09:46 GMT
Today's focus will on hip movement. After some hip exercises, we will try the "pencil test" for the first time. The pencil test is one of the exam routines that will be given to the Shodan exam takers. The objective of this test is for the judges to see the test takers' abilities to use their hips and to determine the distance instantly.
In the months of March and April, we will cover all the Heian Kata as well as the Sente Taka for the East Coast Tournament. Today, we will probably do Kanku-Dai or Empi, and Heian 4 or 5. (No Bunkai, but to clean up the Kata for the tournament).
Osu. Hiroko
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Post by Senpai Hiroko on Mar 5, 2014 15:38:07 GMT
Hello, BBC members! Here are some comments for each of you:
Pallavi:Your outfit (T-shirt and leggings) allowed me to notice that your Hanmi was not all the way Hanmi. But, you corrected after my mentioning that to you a couple of times. Good job. Always good focus on the correct counting of kata and precise differences between Kanazawa Kancho's way and the ISKF way. The last attack of Kanku-Dai, we do it more to the Chudan level. And we would wait for "yame" cue to turn around. I know, in Japan, and according to Kancho Kanazawa, you wouldn't wait for the "Yame".
Andrey: Need to work on the pencil drills more. Of course, we have just started it yesterday. Rub your inner arm to the side of your body until the very moment of the execution of a punch. Ken (knuckle)should turn to Sei-Ken at the last moment. Any shorter punch should be done mostly with Ura-ken and a few times, Tate-ken (vertical fist). The moment that the fist is a Tate-ken position is very short, just a split second before the execution of a Sei-ken punch. Emphasize the hip movement at the same time. I am sure that you can look much stronger. Also, can you jump higher for the second Kiai position of Empi? Or were you jumping low due to lack of space?
Reto:You were very very stiff during the regular class, especially when you were sparring with Sensei Ernst. I want to do some image training with you sometimes: like you are playing with a fragile thing, like a child on a cloud. No need to tense or execute the power. Float around on the floor with Suriashi with no tense in any part of your body because all you need to do it "touch" and score the fragile object while the play, although fast, without any power. Good experimentation of the hip movement drills. I saw that you were getting it.
Ana:Like Reto, you were starting to get the hip movement drills. This drill is also new to me. A fellow trainee mentioned this drill when I told him that I wanted to improve my hip movement in preparation of my Yondan Exam possibly within a year. Basically, as I said in the BBC class, I was just pushing one side of the hip with my back leg. When I do this, my front leg/knee goes forward, and my stance gets deeper. He says that it is not wrong, and it is one way of "rotating hip", but he thinks that I should rather pull the front knee and squeeze the butt of the same side, as I pull and contract the hip flexor muscles of the side. I think that you were getting this, and I will bring more drills to enhance our hip movement. Good job.
Dima:This might have been the first time, in which you tried the kata, Empi. Good job. This might be a good kata for your body type. Make the stances lower and longer. Get yourself more familiarized with "Age Zuki" (Rising Punch). It is just like a Jodan punch, but it goes up at the execution of it. When you do Age Zuki, I want to see the body forming "almost" Gyaku Hanmi. And then when you turn and lean forward, twist one side of the body more to look back. Extra long stance here. Keep on good jobs.
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Post by Pallavi (Sprout) on Mar 5, 2014 17:09:51 GMT
Oss Hiroko,
Thank you for your feedback. I was studying Enpi by count and I have a question. Is the kiai in katashi-dachi (crane stance?) AND the next move of kiba-dachi/tate shuto 1 count? From hazame to yame are there 38 counts all together?
My "cute"(?) outfit was both an advantage and disadvantage, because I couldn't get away with anything and at the same time whatever tweaks a gi hides can now be worked on :-) I think we can all benefit from an occasional no-gi training.
Thank you, Pallavi
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Post by Senpai Hiroko on Mar 5, 2014 17:52:08 GMT
Oss Hiroko, Thank you for your feedback. I was studying Enpi by count and I have a question. Is the kiai in katashi-dachi (crane stance?) AND the next move of kiba-dachi/tate shuto 1 count? From hazame to yame are there 38 counts all together? My "cute"(?) outfit was both an advantage and disadvantage, because I couldn't get away with anything and at the same time whatever tweaks a gi hides can now be worked on :-) I think we can all benefit from an occasional no-gi training. Thank you, Pallavi Pallavi; Weren't there 36 counts all together? I have to think/look again later. And yes, the strike on the Kata-ashi-dachi accompanies a kiai. It is one count, and the next Kibadachi with Tate-shuto is another count. Always great question! Yes, I liked your cute outfit. Wear that again! lol
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Post by Pallavi (Sprout) on Mar 5, 2014 19:56:42 GMT
americasfinestshotokan.com/kata/Empi.jpgThis illustration counting is 37, but I counted 38 when I did it this morning. I did not linger in the katashi-dachi, I made katashi-dachi and kiba-dachi with tate shuto as 1 count. Then the two punches as 1 count too. Like you mentioned there is one RIGHT away to count all the moves otherwise we can break down every single thing and have many more then 38 counts. Maybe we can go over it together on Thursday before class? Oss, Pallavi
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Post by Senpai Hiroko on Mar 5, 2014 20:56:28 GMT
americasfinestshotokan.com/kata/Empi.jpgThis illustration counting is 37, but I counted 38 when I did it this morning. I did not linger in the katashi-dachi, I made katashi-dachi and kiba-dachi with tate shuto as 1 count. Then the two punches as 1 count too. Like you mentioned there is one RIGHT away to count all the moves otherwise we can break down every single thing and have many more then 38 counts. Maybe we can go over it together on Thursday before class? Oss, Pallavi This one seems the exact same as the JKA book's counting. So, 37 then. When you count, think about Bunkai. What you are doing. For example, two punches are two punches...so, two techniques. When there are two techniques in Bunkai, we count them as two, not one. Kataashi-Dachi move is one count, strike to the left arm by the right arm (Kiai Point) is one count, and then landing to Kibadachi + Tateshuto is another count. 38? Maybe you counted Kibadachi as one count and Shuto as another count? Generally, the both movements are counted as one because it is just a stance and hand movement and not separate techniques. Osu!
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Post by Senpai Hiroko on Mar 5, 2014 21:00:14 GMT
And we will do Empi and Kanku Dai again in next Tuesday BBC class. We will do a bit of Bunkai. When we cover Bunkai, the counting and forms will become more understandable.
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