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Agreed with you Oneya. I use this as an example of someone being either; careless, thoughtless, inconsiderate, clumsy, ignorant of the effects of trauma to that particular area or just plain malicious. Uke has to trust the Tori will do the right thing. Imagine it done with blades. Tim Tim, I apolog...

Hi manjin, Your initial post said you were practicing sanbon kumite jodan and your description led me to think it was jodan uke ipponme which – unless there is a change to the original format - ends with right uppercut and left mawashi empi chudan by torimi which is to drive ukemi’s weight and head...

I executed the proper moves but on the third part I just didn't stop short of the jaw. I'm totally at fault of course because I've done MA for decades and ought to know better. Simply put, my concentration lapsed and kihon kumite requires the nage and uke to be totally focused lest accudents like th...

Holy moses! I did something in class this week that I have NEVER done before- hit an instructor (of course by accident). I'm normally very very good at controlling my strikes and pulling them accordingly but for some bizarre reason I still cannot account for, whilst demonstrating Sanbon Jodan Uke (t...

Sorry- I meant the lead arm that does the junzuki. When that gets pulled back I wasn't sure what that was for. My sensei says I should only have about a fist space between the elbow and ribcage in that end position. Makes sense to me- protect the ribs. That is the explanation I use, the one fist bi...

wadoka wrote:majin, as Oneya points out, you can take some time to reply.

Hai.

I have one more enquiry- what is the application of this waza? The junzuki is fairly obvious but that pull back that follows it- I'm curious as to what that should be intended for. Is it a grab? A block? Just curious. Thanks kindly. Let me add something to wadokas reply. It is a more practical And ...

This kind of depth of thought towards each aspect of Wado is the reason I enjoy it so much. I've always been interested in deconstructing things to help understand how they work. Would you chaps say that Wado is perhaps one if the most cerebral martial arts you've studied?

Oh yes, I'm learning that too. Lots of fun. I'm really enjoying Wado- more than any other martial art I've studied. It's conducive with the way my brain works though my body is sometimes slow to follow.

For your own safety. You could practice the same technique and make jodan or gedan cover as well. Thanks Wadoka. I appreciate the feedback and context. I think, appropriately so, our school doesn't focus so much at the lower levels on application or perhaps context- they just want us to get the bod...