Today, Higo
Tyler San visited Aso-shi and had a private lesson. Higo San is a
student of Nakamura Shihan at the Shototakuhirokan (which operates as the
central branch of JKA in Kumamoto City). The following notes are primarily for
him as reference to the points we covered.
Generic focus of the private lesson: The focus of
the training was `division of energy in the fundamental techniques’ in order
“…to transcend speed and power plateaus and increase elasticity of movement”.
To do this, I focused on techniques and sequences from the two kata Higo San is
working on: namely, Jion and movements 1-25 of Kanku Dai. We also briefly went
over a non-syllabus kata focusing on the points applied in Jion and the first
25 movements of Kanku Dai: this was simply to reinforce the correct use (and
division of) chikara no kyojaku. In sum, the critical point was `junansei’.
In particular, the following
techniques/sequences were covered:
·
Movement
17 of Jion (chudan oi-zuki (chudan jun-zuki) and hip work with jodan age-uke
and chudan gyaku-zuki leading up to it: movements 12-16.
· Movements 22 and 42 in Jion (hidari gedan-barai transitioning into hidari zenkutsu-dachi from kiba-dachi).
Needless to say, other techniques and applications were covered (and ‘physically clarified’ in depth); nevertheless, these are for
Higo San for having the spirit to come and train. Higo San, thank you for your friendship through Karate-Do. I wish you—and your
lovely family—the utmost best in the future! Of course, you are always most welcome at my private dojo again in the future. Osu, Andre.
© André Bertel. Aso-shi, Kumamoto,
Japan. (2015).
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