More of the same ideas as yesterday's post. Yokomenuchi requires a little more movement to get off the line of the attack. Shomenuchi has a single vertical plane, and a movement in nearly any direction takes you off this plane. Yokomenuchi is cutting through the plane you are moving in (there is a variation where you duck underneath, but it is of limited utility for me - I am often too tall at 5'11"). You need to judge your Maai, placement and timing.
Working on this gave me a better foundation for understanding "Any 5." It also helped my Randori. Shodokan's Tandoku is a good repository of body movements, as are the Ki Society's Ki no Taiso and the Iwama Suburi. In Aikikai we don't have a universally accepted solo practice to teach us how to move our body, just some ideas that keep popping up.
Again, guidelines/suggestions and not something to hold up as dogma. This is not an exhaustive list. Which leg is weighted when you start? Tenshin is easier and faster with the front leg weighted, as is Irimi Tenkan. You need to shift to be back weighted to go to the other corners. How much momentum have you already generated? It's harder to back up when you are already moving forward, easier to back up when you are waiting for Uke. How would this be different with a weapon? Can you bring weapons and empty hand together?
Most importantly for me - as we don't have a hard, fast, universal standard of solo Tai Sabaki practice, find your own sources of inspiration and test them out if this idea doesn't work for you.
Working on this gave me a better foundation for understanding "Any 5." It also helped my Randori. Shodokan's Tandoku is a good repository of body movements, as are the Ki Society's Ki no Taiso and the Iwama Suburi. In Aikikai we don't have a universally accepted solo practice to teach us how to move our body, just some ideas that keep popping up.
Again, guidelines/suggestions and not something to hold up as dogma. This is not an exhaustive list. Which leg is weighted when you start? Tenshin is easier and faster with the front leg weighted, as is Irimi Tenkan. You need to shift to be back weighted to go to the other corners. How much momentum have you already generated? It's harder to back up when you are already moving forward, easier to back up when you are waiting for Uke. How would this be different with a weapon? Can you bring weapons and empty hand together?
Most importantly for me - as we don't have a hard, fast, universal standard of solo Tai Sabaki practice, find your own sources of inspiration and test them out if this idea doesn't work for you.
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