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Phi Truong wrote:
assuming uke didn't grab and pull
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Tarik Ghbeish wrote:
She gets away with that in the example because her partners are not asked to try and stop her during this movement.
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Yes, this was assumed, otherwise there'd be a tug of war.
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Tarik Ghbeish wrote:
The footwork creates a large weakness in her structure
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Jaemin Yu wrote:
Btw, she makes herself unbalanced and use the power that her body moves to regain the balance. It's effective but can be exploited since she makes herself unbalanced.
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Never noticed the unbalanced part until you pointed that out. Tried it out again this week with our group and there is indeed a small but very significant moment of being unbalanced in the initial movement, especially if the back heel does not touch the ground.
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Jørgen Jakob Friis wrote:
Main point must be to maintain the front towards uke and make sure kusushi happens from body movement and not from strength.
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Yes, I believe this was the purpose as well; it's just strange to me that the movement was so direct in this particular example.
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Ziv Klausner wrote:
I'm familiar with this specific foot movement from a Jo kata taught by Hiroshi Tada sensei. It is called Wakayama 1952, because, as far as I know, Tada sensei has seen O-sensei perform this sequence of movements in this place and time. Check out the part that begins in 1:53
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Cool! I never knew it'd show up in Jo work.
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Jørgen Jakob Friis wrote:
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Slightly off-topic but I really really like that kokyunage! I'm going to try and learn to feel for that movement next.
Thanks for sharing your observations and insight everyone!