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	<title><![CDATA[Tenkan or tenk.....]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[Tenkan is by far my go to move...I love the feel.
The turn creates drama and effect. 
[I]Why do nages deprive themselves of this wonderful feeling?[/I] Tenk....is boring, ineffective...listless even. 
Uke gets to rest and lean and just overpower users of tenk.... 
[I]What is tenk you ask?[/I] It is a little over half of tenkan.
Tenk is that pitiful move that so many do when they could be doing tenkan...rather than sweep their foot in a dramatic circle creating space and energy for themselves and their uke they turn a little and then back peddle. Ukes moves in… settles down and nage feels frustrated and overridden. [I]Why?[/I] Because nage is overridden…Uke is not resisting…Uke is resting…[I]Why?[/I] Because by doing tenk nage has provided a perfect place to rest!
Most people do a beautiful tenkan without an uke...then uke attacks and they revert to that horrible tenk....
Let us praise tenkan!…Dare to let go of tenk…and rejoice in tenkan!]]></body>
	<date>09-16-2009</date>
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