cleanse your mind of any thoughts or emotions. Ready for action.
Note:
have the knees bend and soft, don't lock them.
Move:
2
Technique:
jodan soto uke
Tachikata:
shomen neko ashi dachi
Objective:
turning of the body, completely change the direction that you are facing
Note:
make sure to point the neko ashi straight ahead. don't just defend with the arm. defend from the elbow and use the whole body to defend. thus, all movement should occur simultaneous
Kaisetsu:
defend from jodan zuki
Move:
3
Technique:
jodan soto uke - gedan barai
Tachikata:
heisoku dachi
Objective:
2 hands doing different motion without effection your stance.
checkpoint of the previous neko ashi
Note:
If the nekoashi was pointing correctly straight forward, one should only position the right foot next to it, the left foot remains.
Kaisetsu:
defend from a jodan zuki and chudan zuki or maegeri
Move:
4
Technique:
jodan soto uke - gedan barai
Tachikata:
heisoku dachi
Objective:
like move 3
Note:
don't look at the hands as they are in motion. gedan barai travels inside
Kaisetsu:
defend from a jodan zuki and chudan zuki or maegeri
Move:
5
Technique:
jodan soto uke
Tachikata:
like move 2
Objective:
Note:
both sides should be the same in kata
Kaisetsu:
Move:
6
Technique:
jodan soto uke - gedan barai
Tachikata:
like move 3
Objective:
Note:
Kaisetsu:
Move:
7
Technique:
jodan soto uke - gedan barai
Tachikata:
like move 4
Objective:
Note:
Kaisetsu:
Move:
8
Technique:
jodan soto uke
Tachikata:
like move 2
Objective:
Note:
make sure you have a strong hikite and gripped fist. if you think of the next movement the hikite will not be strong and the fist might even be openend since the next move is nukite
Kaisetsu:
Move:
9
Technique:
nukite (small finger pointing down)
Tachikata:
zenkutsu dachi
Objective:
change of stance
Note:
imagine the opponent moving back
Kaisetsu:
try to hit the opponent using nukite. However, the opponent might shift back and defend using hirate uke (like pinan yondan) grabbing the right wrist.
Move:
10
Technique:
tehodoki
Tachikata:
zenkutsu dachi . "place the left foot at an appropriate place for support". upperbody should be tsukkomi
Objective:
minimize the purpose of the grab. Kill it's meaning and minimize possibilities
Note:
lean forward to counter ukemi's weight.
Kaisetsu:
when the opponent has taken hold of the wrist, turn and pull the right hand to the tailbone.
Move:
11
Technique:
chudan tettsui uchi
Tachikata:
shiko dachi
Objective:
change from a leaning to an upright stance, quickly counter the opponent
Note:
don't focus your sight on any other then the opponent when turning
Kaisetsu:
close the ma-ai and strike the lower abdomen
Move:
12
Technique:
junzuki chudan
Tachikata:
zenkutsu dachi
Objective:
Follow the opponent who is retreating.
Note:
move 10, 11 and 12 must occur continuously, yet don't rush the movements.
Kaisetsu:
as the opponent moves back, follow and counter with junzuki chudan.
Move:
13
Technique:
kamaete
Tachikata:
musubi dachi
Objective:
change direction and observe the opponent, prepare the kamae to defend or attack using the elbow.
Note:
don't push the fists again the belt/waist, just keep them there, touch lightly
Kaisetsu:
Move:
14
Technique:
chudan hiji uke - chudan tettsui uchi
Tachikata:
shiko dachi
Objective:
use the opening of the body to assist hiji uke to force any attack away from the body
Note:
as you move/start to move, twist the wrist and pull the elbow to regular hikite
Kaisetsu:
defend from chudan zuki
Move:
15
Technique:
chudan hiji uke - chudan tettsui uchi
Tachikata:
like move 14
Objective:
Note:
take care not turning the upperbody too far
Kaisetsu:
Move:
16
Technique:
chudan hiji uke - chudan tettsui uchi
Tachikata:
shiko dachi
Objective:
like 14, but this time it is a check if the tettsui uchi is correctly performed. Thus..
Note:
exclude hikite from tettsui uchi, leave it streched at target.
Kaisetsu:
like move 14
Move:
17
Technique:
junzuki chudan
Tachikata:
zenkutsu dachi
Objective:
change of stance and follow the opponent who is retreating.
Note:
as you move/start to move, twist the wrist and pull the elbow to regular hikite. take care to relax the shoulders during and after correcting, to perform a correct junzuki
Kaisetsu:
follow the retreating opponent
Move:
18-1
Technique:
intermediate
Tachikata:
shizentai
Objective:
Note:
'pull' the right leg to shizentai with the whole body, the kamae remains
Kaisetsu:
Move:
18-2
Technique:
chudan hiki enpi (ushiro enpi) - jodan mawashizuki
Tachikata:
shizentai, perhaps a little wider
Objective:
move 18 and 19 have the same objective as naihanchi kata. It is, to make techniques effective using the whole body and utilizing the tanden and upperbody for its use. thus, excluding lower body movement
Note:
so, slightly twist the upperbody. Also, don't slide with the right foot, only pivot.
Kaisetsu:
grab from behind, return the favor
Move:
19
Technique:
like move 18-2
Tachikata:
Objective:
Note:
this time use tsugi-ashi, or in other words, slide and pull the left leg a bit. only withdraw the right foot to shizentai and straighten the upperbody
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