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Philippe Willaume wrote:
Hello
I would call the initial diagram (the one in the first post) irimi-tenkan
For what I understood Irimi is entering and that is a forward step. (as George graph)
Tenkan is the turn when you end up facing the same way as your opponent.
phil
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Absolutely, I agree. My drawing goes too far for just "irimi" - I overdid the rotation, should have stopped at 90 degrees or so.
Ledyard sensei, I like the footprint drawing. It's much more explicit than mine. I think though that only showing the feet has the downside of not explicitly showing the rotation of the upper body that brings you wholly out of the line. I think some combination of the two pieces of info (feet and upper body) would be best if you were trying to make a really good figure.
cheers,
John