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Old 10-25-2014, 08:23 AM   #21
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Re: Yoshinkan Basic Stance

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Peter Rehse wrote: View Post
Thanks for that. I still remember the Himeji session.

It does beg the question - is the transition of stance something that is planned in the curriculum or just comes naturally with the evolution of the practitioner.
I remember Himejo too. lots of fun. I especially remember the choking we did.

as for kamae, I think it naturally evolves from practice, but i had to think about it. If your kamae doesn't evolve you are not getting better, which is true about anything we practice in aikido. I am trying to think if i teach kamae differently to a junior and say a nidan. I don't really think i do, they just understand it at different levels and can copy at different levels. Since I don't, and i think most dont, have a separate way of teaching kamae to different level students, transition isn't because of the curriculum.

Michael

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