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Old 12-23-2009, 10:54 AM   #3
ChrisMoses
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Re: Review of Aunkai but has some similarities to Aikido Principles

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Mark Murray wrote: View Post
One of Tohei's points was to Keep Weight Underside. Sound familiar? When you work on things like flow of force down into the ground, spine being pulled down, arms relaxed and connected to the spine, etc, it gives a feeling of having a "weight underside" your arms.
I always found that "weight underside" tended to created a heavy sensation in most people. It seems to emphasize earth over heaven. The sensation developed through exercises like ten-chi-jin is more like becoming denser, so that there is more mass behind ones movements in whatever direction you choose to move that mass, rather than simply down and weighted. I think this is one of the key differences I've found in my own training. Weight underside *generally* seems to slow people down but give them stability. The Aunkai paradigm seems to lead to stability but with the potential for great speed without losing connection/structure.

Not a disagreement Mark, just some conversation.

Chris Moses
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