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It's a treasure trove back there but I couldn't bear the thought of leaving this behind on the old site..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksq4EP1JEw


oneya

I will set up an archive section to store all this.

People could also use a site like http://www.keepvid.com to download those movies to their hard disks, just in case these gems ever get pulled from YouTube etc.

This is more of the same, albeit much poorer quality footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVP52anQ ... re=related

The interesting part is at the very end, Otsuka is teaching junzuki then it cuts to a very brief glimpse of him doing gyakuzuki, quite sharp and fast. If the date is 1975 then he was into his 80's at the time.

Ben

blackcat wrote:This is more of the same, albeit much poorer quality footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVP52anQ ... re=related

The interesting part is at the very end, Otsuka is teaching junzuki then it cuts to a very brief glimpse of him doing gyakuzuki, quite sharp and fast. If the date is 1975 then he was into his 80's at the time.

Ben

Really, very fast gyakuzuki and turning.

oneya wrote:.
It's a treasure trove back there but I couldn't bear the thought of leaving this behind on the old site..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksq4EP1JEw


oneya

the very first one is one of the requirements for my next grading, i find the transition from move 1 to move 2 very difficult, ie:moving inside the arm after the initial block and punch.. Any tips much appriciated...

jacob wrote: the very first one is one of the requirements for my next grading, i find the transition from move 1 to move 2 very difficult, ie:moving inside the arm after the initial block and punch.. Any tips much appriciated...

I find that the most common mistake is that torimi keeps dwelling on the same seichusen. You have to keep relocating your seichusen and thus change the angle of attack. But then, that's not all that much different from Kihon Kumite, is it?

BTW: the footage is fascinating. Ohtsuka sensei had this eery sense of timing and maai. I'm too young to have had any experience with the old man myself. But this gives at least a bit of taste of what he was capable of.

BTW,
There must be more footage. This series is not complete by a long shot. Is there a video circulating somewhere?

kyudo wrote: I find that the most common mistake is that torimi keeps dwelling on the same seichusen. You have to keep relocating your seichusen and thus change the angle of attack. But then, that's not all that much different from Kihon Kumite, is it?

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Hi kyudo,

Perhaps it is the almost 180 degree change involved here or me not being at my dribbling peak this morning but - I am failing to grasp an image from this emboldened "dwelling on the same seichusen" description. ... can you help?

oneya

jacob wrote:

oneya wrote:.
It's a treasure trove back there but I couldn't bear the thought of leaving this behind on the old site..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksq4EP1JEw


oneya

the very first one is one of the requirements for my next grading, i find the transition from move 1 to move 2 very difficult, ie:moving inside the arm after the initial block and punch.. Any tips much appriciated...

all I can say is do it many many times. and don't think of your feet moving. forward intent..

AJ

oneya wrote: I am failing to grasp an image from this emboldened "dwelling on the same seichusen" description. ... can you help?

I may have failed to convey the right message. Could be my English...
But in order to avoid further confusion, I respectfully decline to go into further technical detail. Not only because some things may get lost in translation, also because an online forum makes a technical discussion even more tricky than it already is in the dojo.

Sometimes I wish I were Captain Kirk, so that I could beam over from my location to yours...