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Old 01-14-2004, 11:59 AM   #11
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Well, there are many good exercices for a rythme.

You may start by very basic: two attackers attack you regulary, no resisting, ryo-katadori(both shoulders grap) and you throw them basic kokyunage.

It should be one attack-throw, second attack-throw, one-throw, two-throw....continue something like 10 minutes. After a minute you should go like metronome for music one-two, one-two.....

Do it until you fell what rythm is about.

Other method is to practice weapons:

Uke hits with jo yokomen on tori's head, tori bloks it and hit uke's head.Uke bloks and attacks tori's head....etc

If you practice in fluid motion, you get:

Attack-block, attack-block...etc.... so basically the same rythme one-two, one-two....

All such exerises must be done very fluently, cool, there is not notion of efficiency of techniques.

Once you feel a rythme, you may wish learn how to break rythme.

In first exercice, enter in the rythme, end suddenly instead of waiting for attack, you are going in direction of attacker choosing a moment when he hardly get up, or starting to get up. And go back to the rythme. And break rythem again.....etc

If your breaking rythme is right, attacker will never know how he landed on the tatami or what kind of technique you did.

Normally such things should be teach in the dojo not here But from the replays I saw that almost nonone understand what rythme is about, only blah blah blah about "harmony" LOL

hope it helps

Nagababa

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