7.9.2009 Center Aspirations
I know lately I've been stressing center a lot. However I've been fortunate enough to have been exposed to many martial arts, and the center line theory is one of the few common grounds that they all share. Your center line is your life as well as your focal point for you center. Knowing this, if you can command or disrupt someone's center, YOU can win.
There are many ways to do this but tend to be fall under this progression.
1) You can break the kamae/center by breaking their spirit with your own kamae. If you can be imposing enough that they doubt themselves or show weakness, then you can take their center easily
2) You can break their kamae/center by seme(pressure). If your kamae isn't enough, then you use your intent. WIth intent you can make them doubt themselves and take their center.
3) You can break their kamae/center by pushing physically with your kamae. You can do this by using your center. If you don't use your center you will be taken advantage of quite easily.
To develop strong center, you must develop a strong kamae. Strong kamae is developed through your confidence and spirit
To develop strong intent and center, kata and kumitachi practice is essential because that intent that you develop in kata is what gives kata life.
On to some notes
Kyle and Andy
1) Toyama kata 1 -
a) On nukitsuke, make sure your kissaki does not finish too high
b) After you go into jodan, make sure your kissaki is high
c) posture, keep your head and shoulders back.
2) Toyama kata 2 -
a) timing of nukitsuke and footwork has to work together
b) pressure with transition
3) Toyama kata 3 -
a) keep the tsuka inside your body when you tsuki and you should hit the opponent
b) on uke nagashi, more forward and let the habaki be close to your center line
c) watch your stance after you finished stepping back before your cut. Base comes first
4) Toyama kata 4 -
a) Look on your second step
b) reach out when you cut with one hand
c) step before you cut
5) Toyama kata 6
a) hand on tsuka first step, sword drawn out completely by the second step
b) sword is forward on the uke nagashi
c) reach out and cut not from the side of your head
Vincent -
1) Reach when you cut
2) edge down
3) when you do kata, don't speed through it. It's not a contest. You overlook many details when you go so fast and at your level, shouldn't be going that fast.
Ryan and Serena -
1) keep working at it, stop "cutting" yourselves
There are many ways to do this but tend to be fall under this progression.
1) You can break the kamae/center by breaking their spirit with your own kamae. If you can be imposing enough that they doubt themselves or show weakness, then you can take their center easily
2) You can break their kamae/center by seme(pressure). If your kamae isn't enough, then you use your intent. WIth intent you can make them doubt themselves and take their center.
3) You can break their kamae/center by pushing physically with your kamae. You can do this by using your center. If you don't use your center you will be taken advantage of quite easily.
To develop strong center, you must develop a strong kamae. Strong kamae is developed through your confidence and spirit
To develop strong intent and center, kata and kumitachi practice is essential because that intent that you develop in kata is what gives kata life.
On to some notes
Kyle and Andy
1) Toyama kata 1 -
a) On nukitsuke, make sure your kissaki does not finish too high
b) After you go into jodan, make sure your kissaki is high
c) posture, keep your head and shoulders back.
2) Toyama kata 2 -
a) timing of nukitsuke and footwork has to work together
b) pressure with transition
3) Toyama kata 3 -
a) keep the tsuka inside your body when you tsuki and you should hit the opponent
b) on uke nagashi, more forward and let the habaki be close to your center line
c) watch your stance after you finished stepping back before your cut. Base comes first
4) Toyama kata 4 -
a) Look on your second step
b) reach out when you cut with one hand
c) step before you cut
5) Toyama kata 6
a) hand on tsuka first step, sword drawn out completely by the second step
b) sword is forward on the uke nagashi
c) reach out and cut not from the side of your head
Vincent -
1) Reach when you cut
2) edge down
3) when you do kata, don't speed through it. It's not a contest. You overlook many details when you go so fast and at your level, shouldn't be going that fast.
Ryan and Serena -
1) keep working at it, stop "cutting" yourselves
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