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Compliancy is not the point in these exercises. He says clearly in the video at times not to hold the guy down too hard. What they are getting at here is learning correct body connection and body movement. If you understand the purpose of the opening move of kushanku you will get the arm slippage pa...

Kazutaka Ohtsuka and his son play around with sport karate... Ok that’s really sad....... You expect for them practicing Wado as martial art not as sport for kids... Acer, You are hardcore..lol. I think that perhaps your particular background is coloring your perception of what you are seeing. What...

Yes...too many times. He is really good. He has integrated his knowledge of Wado into his kuimte plus he has carefully studied whatworks and doesn't work at the WKF level. He is both strong and fast and takes pride in his vocation. If you want to stay within the Wado model then Hisao Murase is anoth...

Can the quality of their Wado be found somewhere documented by a well-known authority? Dear Claas, Rehashing Shintani is a waste of time. He was a scam artist. A charlatan. And his karate was horrible. And there will always be well meaning people clueless about martial arts who will defend him. Suz...

Dude,

Last time I checked this was your Wado too...lol.... Wadokai, Wadoryu, WIKF, various offshoots (Tim) we all get along and we share a common backyard....and some dog is hopping the fence and crapping in it...got a shovel?

Hi Bob I can certainly understand what you saying there. But I still cant get my head around keeping the leg in a suspended state while thinking what to do next. I remember Shimura sensei informed the guy next to me "smooth movement - no stopping" I can understamd it as a balance thing fo...

I agree with Tim. That pause was probably there for a reason but since I did not see it I cannot comment. There are several factors that must be in play 1) Kette junzuki is a study of energy transfer. So how you use your body will always be a work in progress. 2) You must have the ability to kick an...

The article speaks for itself. I don't really remember much. Igor Asselbergs sent me a tape of the interview. Not sure who was interviewing Takashima. It might have been igor. The interviewer was asking Takashima questions. Ishikawa was translating. Igor wasn't happy with the translation so he sent ...

Ok. So Wadoka has a great point. And when I think about it I am not consistent. I need to reset my brain. Sometimes I forget we have a general audience. What I teach beginners and what I teach intermediate/advanced students are quite different. You can't do a musei no kiai unless you can first do a ...