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rachmass · 08-20-2002, 07:22 AM

Hi Ian,

I don't know exactly if it is a turn on the instep, however my teacher taught me, at least with a tenshi movement, to try to feel the mat with the instep, and neither turn on the heel nor on the ball, but more in the middle.

Rachel

08-20-2002, 07:22 AM	#3
rachmass Dojo: Aikido of Cincinnati/Huron Valley Aikikai Location: Somerset Michigan Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 794 Offline	Hi Ian, I don't know exactly if it is a turn on the instep, however my teacher taught me, at least with a tenshi movement, to try to feel the mat with the instep, and neither turn on the heel nor on the ball, but more in the middle. Rachel