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Ron Tisdale wrote:
This is almost impossible at first, especially if uke strikes, and shite blocks. But if shite strikes first, it suddenly becomes much easier, and it starts to make sense.
Ron
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It does make more sense especially if sh'te is initiating the attack
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Ron Tisdale wrote:
As they raise their arm to block, turn your palm from facing to their right, to facing them, at the same time controlling their elbow, and leading them out to their left and back. Do this slowly so that you can feel how turning your fore arm and palm affects their balance as you make contact, while turning your hips at the same time (with the open step / shuffle step in body change).
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From a kihon view, how much of this happens in the first count? It seems to me that this needs to start at the point of contact, and this is certainly what feels right to me in practice, although most explanations I have heard on the mat consider the first count to be a block, which I agree is not realistic if they are 'cutting through the opponent with one blow'. I never liked the term 'block', but I had also never heard the term 'yoke' used. I like that a lot more!
So, if I understand you correctly, this is no different to the aikikai approach, the difficulty being application in a static situation as the same concept of avoidance/redirection needs to happen within a small movement ie within the first 'count' in the kata, and at the end of this first movement, uke should already be off-balance in preparation for the next move?
You have reminded me of a class many years ago where the Sensei said "in a static technique, don't consider each of these points as a place to stop the previous movement, but as a place to start the next".