wadoka wrote:For the sokuto, I think it could both be viewed as a penetrating kick to the ribs or a stamp that is directed at the knee or hip with the aim of driving the opponent down. That way, there is a need for the body weight to carry forward.
I've never been taught to bring the sokuto foot back to the supporting foot, always to drop in mahanmi dachi with no extra travel.
Just to follow up with some photos showing a glimpse of that explained above.
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"Takahashi dojo Japan" seems to be very strong family concern in New York and Eastern Canada area with a long history of Shotokan, Aikido Judo etc. I don't see this fellow cited as actually being named Takahashi but that may not necessarily be the case. Certainly the kokutsu dachi after the Bassai sokuto and the straight arm harai uke that Tim pointed out has a Shoto flavour but that doesn't mean much, there are many wado outfits with very little original wado flavour.