Warming up: my private dynamic stretching routine. |
Balancing
this, at the Kumamoto Chuo Dojo one of my seniors (Mr. Katayama who is in his
70s) is going for his JKA Sandan soon; consequently, kihon practice with
Nakamura Shihan has naturally been focused on the Sandan curriculum. For those of you who don’t know this
includes: (1) Kizami-zuki+ sanbon ren-zuki; (2) Jodan age-uke + same arm chudan
soto-uke + gyaku-zuki; (3) Chudan uchi-uke in kokutsu-dachi + kizami-zuki +
gyaku-zuki; (4) Shuto-uke + kizami mae-geri + nukite; (5) Stepping back with
jodan age-uke + advancing with mawashi-geri + uraken yoko-uchi + chudan
jun-zuki; (6) Mae-geri + yoko-kekomi + mawashi-geri + gyaku-zuki; and (7)
Mae-geri + yoko-kekomi + ushiro-geri kicking frontward, sideward and rearward:
before returning the kicking foot to the floor (with both right and left legs).
Perhaps a little off topic, but it really impresses me how we can find several
of these renzokuwaza (combination techniques) in the 1960s JKA textbook, `Dynamic
Karate’. Other groups do this as well, but the JKA have some very special points which pertain to the origins of these waza.
Kanku-dai kata. |
That being
said, it is very interesting how everything comes back to the core fundamentals—the
core foundational principles, irrespective of complex renzokuwaza, kata,
kumite, self-defence or impact work. When this is a physical reality—all
aspects of training unite—and shingitai can be optimally worked towards.
Contrasting my previous months kata training, of the six shitei-gata, with the
more advanced sentei-gata; furthermore, my current `basic’ kihon work (in my
self-training) with the `advanced training’ (under Nakamura Shihan and Akiyoshi
Sensei); and the aforementioned point can be vividly seen.
Presently I'm focusing on deai in jiyu-kumite as depicted here in Germany. |
It is from this
reference point that the lines between basic and advanced become blurred and
often undertake a sort of ‘polar reverse’ if you will. In my case, this has
constantly occurred over the last three decades in karate-do and will certainly
continue to do so. Such learnings are what make karate so challenging and, at
the same time, so enjoyable. Osu, André.
© André Bertel, Aso-shi, Kumamoto.
Japan (2014).
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