Hello everybody,
Very interesting subject.
Taisabaki is very important in our style. It is found throughout the wado-ryu yakusoku kumite curriculum.
http://www.wadoworld.com/technical/k...iteframes.html
I believe it is not just manoeuvring towards the blind spot, more entering/irimi-like manoeuvres are also done with taisabaki.
Taisabaki are evasive movements/manoeuvres where you use the dedication in your opponents attack to gain a superior position.
hectokan
I think taisabaki is very important in self-defence but it is said that it takes about 30 years to master taisabaki (or was it 20? anyway it takes a long time). We don't step to the blind spot and then attack, we move to the blindspot ans attack simultanously, or at least we're supposed to.
So good self-defence yes, easy selfdefence no.
Taisabaki in wado are generally twisting and sliding (like yori-ashi) (not stepping)movements with the whole body where you end very close-in or behind someone’s back.
Imagine someone poking a spear at your chest, you move from a forward stance to a horseback stance (twist/ rotate) and simultaneously about 10 cm to the side and 30 cm to the front (slide/ yori-ashi). This twisting sliding movement is what we would call taisabaki.
Do the Enshin and Ashihara also use these also use these small body and position changes or does it allways involve larger movements to create enough space for a kick as seen and described below?
have a great Christmas,