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Old 08-25-2008, 08:24 AM   #14
raul rodrigo
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Re: yawara

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Jun Akiyama wrote: View Post
The "ju" in "judo" is the same character as that of "yawara".

I think I remember giving my teacher a book on the history of "yawara" arts. I'll have to see if I can borrow it back from him some time...

-- Jun
In a 2005 seminar in Manila, Hitohiro Saito once said that the quality he was looking for in a certain waza was "yawarakai." It was translated for us by Dennis Tatoian as "supple" or "sticky", as in "sticking" to uke in order to control him. Is this accurate and if so, is it from the same root as "ju"?

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R
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