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taras · 04-04-2003, 04:59 PM

There is an ongoing discussion in our dojo about the names for footwork. One instructor teaches that a pivot on one foot is called tai sabaki while a pivot with a step is tenkan ashi. Another instructor sort of agrees but always notes that it is really the other way round.

I used to think that tai sabaki was just a general word for footwork.

Could you please clarify this for me?

Thank you.

04-04-2003, 04:59 PM	#1
taras Location: West Yorks and Merseyside, UK Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 170 Offline	tai sabaki There is an ongoing discussion in our dojo about the names for footwork. One instructor teaches that a pivot on one foot is called tai sabaki while a pivot with a step is tenkan ashi. Another instructor sort of agrees but always notes that it is really the other way round. I used to think that tai sabaki was just a general word for footwork. Could you please clarify this for me? Thank you.