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by Tony West
Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:29 pm
Forum: Non Martial Arts Talk
Topic: Outside of karate training what body work do you do?
Replies: 2
Views: 14252

Re: Outside of karate training what body work do you do?

In either the internal power or naihanchi thread Gusei21 mentioned a guy in the UK by the name of Chris Davis who looks to know his stuff about internal energy or aiki. He runs online courses in internal body work consisting of solo exercises and examples of paired testing. I've been working solidly...
by Tony West
Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:01 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Does the solo kata warrant the attention it receives?
Replies: 10
Views: 22505

Re: Does the solo kata warrant the attention it receives?

Tanren to me is conditioning the body to make martially applicable movement a natural part of our repertoire. To use the same pinan nidan example, the opening move teaches the dropping of mass downward by relaxing the knees and also the fast and efficient opening of the upper body. Repeated performa...
by Tony West
Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:44 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Does the solo kata warrant the attention it receives?
Replies: 10
Views: 22505

Re: Does the solo kata warrant the attention it receives?

But I gotta say, I think it is strange that Tony doesn't see a common thread in teaching body dynamics or power generation, when comparing different instructors. Are they all Wado? Because my experience is that everyone teaches the same stuff, but yes, the explanations might vary. That is a huge ad...
by Tony West
Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:51 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Does the solo kata warrant the attention it receives?
Replies: 10
Views: 22505

Does the solo kata warrant the attention it receives?

To continue on from the other thread Out of the seinsei I have trained with, very few have mentioned kaisetsu as a concept that needs a Japanese word. I guess if you'd ask many Japanese sensei about kaisetsu in kata they would be looking like "yes, kaisetsu is of course important... what is you...
by Tony West
Fri Mar 02, 2018 8:49 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: How's training going and why is it so silent here?
Replies: 8
Views: 17087

Re: How's training going and why is it so silent here?

Ok, I'm going to break a habit of a lifetime of forum lurking. I've been a member of these boards for a couple of years and I've learned a lot just from reading your discussions. As a kyu grade I haven't found a great deal I can contribute without exposing my ignorance. As a 2nd kyu I've developed a...