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It has been a busy few weeks for me, but I am finally getting back to my study of the kihon waza in the Tokuhon. I have a few more questions about hand strikes.

1. Is sugu zuki simply choku zuki...

I assume you meant hiji ate rather than furi zuki. The way I was shown it, from hagai jime shuho, the defender turns, rotating the shoulder back to strike the side of the attacker's face with the...

Gassho Steve,

Thanks for your comments as well. Maybe someday they will add our version of uwa hiji ate to the Kyohan. :)



I am going to have to try this!

Gassho Anders,

Thank you for your comments on hiji ate. I should have looked at the Kyohan before posting (of course it would help if I would invest the time in learning how to read it). It's...

Gassho,

Chapter 3, Section 6 of the Tokuhon contains a long list of basics techniques, some of which remain a mystery to me after many years of practice. For example, there are 6 types of furi...

Gassho,

I am interested in hearing about any experiences teaching self-defense workshops - i.e., one-time sessions focused on very basic self-defense, primarily for women.

Putting aside...

I have taken three exams at Hombu and can recall only one case in which a general comment was made to a group of examinees (no individual comments). I know I made mistakes on those exams and I would...

I don't see any point to giving tests without feedback. I view tests as another opportunity to teach and I give feedback directly during the exam. It was the way my teacher gave exams and I found...

Gassho Christer,

Thanks for the information! It is very helpful. Does anyone else have experience with children's classes they can share?

One comment - the children's curriculum does indeed...

Gassho Jan,

No force struggle is necessary - with practice, sankaku shuho becomes a natural response to the arm being pushed out. Whether you switch to kagite, or just do sankaku nuki depends on...

When the attacker is trying to do hamma nage or ude ushiro neji age, I always first move into sankaku shuho. From there, I can decide whether to switch my stance and do kirikaeshi nuki or just do...

After 24 years of only teaching adults, we have finally decided to try adding a children's class in the Ann Arbor Branch. I have visited a few other Branches with children's classes over the years,...

No, he practiced while in grad school, but his career took him other places.

A bit of fame in certain circles: a former student of mine received a MacArthur fellowship - the so-called "genius grant" - a number of years ago. While they may not be well known outside the U.S.,...

Gassho!

Thank you Anders for clarifying the two versions of ude juji. If I am ever attacked in my neighborhood, I will have to try using ude juji to walk the attacker 7 km to the nearest police...

Looks like I missed uchi oshi uke geri in the 2-kyu curriculum. But my question about uchi oshi uke zuki remains. Specifically is the weight moving forward or back during uchi oshi uke? Tsuki...

I am still going through the new curriculum and haven't completely organized my thoughts yet. A few early reactions:
- I think that the learning curve up to 3-kyu in the previous curriculum was too...

I have never personally been fond of putting my name on my dogi, and I haven't always done it. A few years ago at a seminar, I was called out by the visiting instructor for not having my name on my...

I have never been shown or done this with the foot applied to the neck, although it does end up near the attacker's head. I'll have to try that, but I have doubts about it. When I have seen the...

Let me start by saying that I have been doing Shorinji Kempo long enough to know that there are multiple variations to each technique and that expressing certainty about one right way to do things is...

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6. With mae ukemi, do you allow the arm you roll on to collapse as it hits the floor or do you keep it rigid?

6. I don't use my arm, but it is relaxed and there just in case....

I have an additional concern about ushiro ukemi - the tendency to initially pick up the back foot off the floor while folding up the back leg prior to falling. In reality, if you are being pushed...

I already posted this on Budoseek:

1. A few minutes of review almost every class - occasionally a longer session focusing on detail.

2. Not enough - ukemi practice just for the sake of it tends...

Sorry, but I have been out of touch for awhile.

Yes, 2-4 of us plan to come (I'll get exact numbers to McCulloch Sensei in the next few days).

If you want to combine it with a business trip to...

Yes, I remember the same thing. The video was very interesting, but not very long, which would indicate that there is less video of Kaiso available than people assume.