Oh my!Gary wrote: Not sure how many of you guys practice this for example:-
You: Sit in seiza with hands on your thighs
Partner: Assume press up position toward you with hands on your wrists (so basically his entire weight is bearing down on your wrists).
You: Rise up from seiza onto both knees and lift arms up (to horizontal) in the process.
Result - your partner ends up in standing position.
It’s actually not too hard to do - if you know how to use your body correctly.
I did a lot of that, back in my days with Muramatsu sensei in Amsterdam. See the images. The man is strong as an ox...
Most of it is technique, though. And more interesting is the difficulty of not telegraphing your movement when getting up. It is about moving your centre without moving your limbs first. That's pretty hard to do...
And yes, I guess that's what Kuroda is doing too...
I wonder where that exercise came from. I know Muramatsu has some pretty alien sources of inspiration. Where did you learn the exercise, Gary?