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Old 05-13-2010, 05:20 PM   #12
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Re: Need some pointers on Tenkan

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Carl Thompson wrote: View Post
This movement usually isn't called tenkan. Watch his legs. Saito Shihan rotates on the balls of the feet to face the same direction (kaiten). But if the OP is trying kokyunage from a solid morote, it's the basic way of doing it (tenkan is better in ki-no-nagare).

Carl
The important thing to note in the link is the movement of the center down with whole body connection to lower his center and the change of angle of his arm to off balance uke.

David

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