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Hi kyudo, Do you have an agreement on the curriculum? I guess if members of the collective are open minded and love to analyze by repeating, then it is possible to remember and find the teachings that the members have heard but forgotten. At least in the beginning this works. One problem is also tha...

Hi TSYR, I am so glad to see you sharing this stuff. Same goes for Gusei, who is looking at this from another angle. I am sorry for writing in this form with quotes and replies, that I know not all like. I chose to do this so that it becomes better visible which part I am referring to. I also tried ...

Hi Gusei, Very interesting post that made me think about this.. What if all this is a matter of the point of view? Of course an important part of the discussion is what is the place of Idori, Tandodori and Shinken Shirahadori in Wado. Or in this thread just Idori. So, if the people in Wado tend to d...

acer, Perhaps you should teach Zenpo Shimabukuro the meaning of Karate kata. :) Many times I have wondered who was the guy who claimed that a "frozen" attack with hikite and the whole nine was the way they attack on the street? Because if no one ever claimed that, then it kinda feels stupi...

You shouldn't have deleted anything. :) The words tension and relaxation are not always simple. Sometimes for example connection means the outcome of some kind of combination of these two and good allignment. I however used the word because Akuzawa used it. Or the translator used it. It is a curse w...

Guess we are just having this conversation in two threads now. ;) From the other one: The Akuzawa footage particularly interests me as he makes impact. For the junzuki gyakuzuki pair the movement is very reminiscent of Takamizawa sensei's shorter range gyakuzuki. He makes tsugi ashi for the junzuki ...

I started a new thread for body mechanics in general so we can continue about Kuroda in this thread and about the rest in the other.
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Since the Kuroda-thread shows us that there is an interest for body mechanics in general I think it is a good idea to start a separate thread for body mechanics in general. I'll start with Minoru Akuzawa and his Aunkai. Have you people come across to this guy or his videos & texts? Judging by th...

acer, It seems you think that limitations in the technique arsenal or amount of contact in some of the training implies limitation everywhere. Am I correct? If not, then what is your point? If you really think that way then I guess Wadokas should be doing full-contact jiyu kumite 24/7, and there wou...

Hi oneya, I have to differ with you claas, because the only relevance that I can see or really care about is the quality of their karate and any suggestion or notion that it is linked in any way to authentic wado ryu. If for some reason someone thinks it is essential info on the Wadokai-page (organi...