Ohtsuka

[shep]

I found this image the other day of a young(ish) Ohtsuka meijin practicing on the makiwara. I've never seen this pic before

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shep

[WadoAJ]

Shep,

check your email !

[oneya]

Okinawan Shorin Ryu shows this type of (sans hikete )posture when practicing with the makiwara.

http://www.okinawan-shorinryu.com/graph ... actice.jpg.

It may well be that 'Shep's picture' dates from Ohtsuka meijin's post Funakoshi times.?

and from the Wado Myth thread of March 16th 2011:

One that I'm unsure about is the keeping the body squared, which is seen a lot in shotokan. Whenever I saw Otskua II or Otsuka III, their bodies are 45 degrees.

karateman7

Apparently not if this photograph is anything to go by K7, I would say: if there is one certainty about wado it has to be that everything alive is also in a state of change.??

oneya