Very nice, especially your exposition about riai and "the onion". I would lean towards Kito ryu being the source for Ju no kata. Your explanation of body movement considerations would also apply quite well to people encumbered by armor
Amazing class .Thank you very much Mr.Wolgang .Do you have some more vide of Mis Keiko FUkuda ? I would like to watch the whole thing without stopping.
Whilst you speak on alignment you don't link the three Dantians and the theory of keeping head, shoulders and hips working in a line with TaiChi, Yogacara, Jujutsu.... Also what about the wave of power talked about in Kendo, Aikido, Daito Ryu etc? So the spine isn't just a fixed point but a whip or spinning device. Other martial arts don't simply have Shizen Hontai as the overall posture as it's idea but what you can return to for whipping or spinning strength. You talk about stiff knees as well, I believe this is a by-product and not a cause of stiff hips and ankles. It's crazy how many Judoka have collapsed arches on their feet and that's definitely related to ankle and hip functional mobility and strength. A knee only really bends forwards and backwards therefore it doesn't have the mobility and flexibility to begin with. Open and closed chains are also not talked about here with concepts of distinguishing between hara/tanden and posterior/anterior hip activation. The unification of the posterior and anterior chains and that moment of is what creates the most power, not just having constant shizenhontai. When it comes to the danger of your environment and self defence you move to survive not to simply be straight between all the Dantians/Granthis of Taoism/Yoga. A Judo body doesn't create shizenhontai but allows people to transition dynamically between states of posture to align at the right moment for a throw. A lot of entries with throws also require you to be small and sneaky, sometimes like a ball to get in which means full body flexion into extension is just as important as being able to maintain neutral extension of the body in shizen hontai. Kata has also been described in books as Koans, riddles in knowledge to be unpacked which is more than kinesthetics and equally to do with battlefield awareness, adaptability and flow in Mushin, Zanshin etc. The concepts of stretching people out in this video also don't reflect the inverse which is to crumple, twist and contort the skeleton of uke to the point they cannot resist a technique. Then keep in mind the structure of ligaments, tendons and muscles to manipulate in the throw with their natural patterns. Then keep in mind that Kuzushi could technically be six postures and you should be able to adapt every throw to those postures in real time. i.e. standing like a pencil (1), wide like a pyramid (2), on one leg ( 3, L or R), in horse stance (4), bent over grappler (5) and kneeling on the floor with one leg up (6). Each stance would demand a different application of creating that alignment of the spine for centrifugal or whipping motion as you use your Tanden/Hara in conjunction as separate entities with your hips. Then how you frame for that neutral position becomes so important as part of an explosion of energy. I think a lot of this movement science needs to be traced back and compared to the old koryu as well as the Chinese influences from Chan, Shaolin and Wudang styles.
Very nice, especially your exposition about riai and "the onion". I would lean towards Kito ryu being the source for Ju no kata. Your explanation of body movement considerations would also apply quite well to people encumbered by armor
Amazing video, thank you
Amazing class .Thank you very much Mr.Wolgang .Do you have some more vide of Mis Keiko FUkuda ? I would like to watch the whole thing without stopping.
Whilst you speak on alignment you don't link the three Dantians and the theory of keeping head, shoulders and hips working in a line with TaiChi, Yogacara, Jujutsu.... Also what about the wave of power talked about in Kendo, Aikido, Daito Ryu etc? So the spine isn't just a fixed point but a whip or spinning device. Other martial arts don't simply have Shizen Hontai as the overall posture as it's idea but what you can return to for whipping or spinning strength. You talk about stiff knees as well, I believe this is a by-product and not a cause of stiff hips and ankles. It's crazy how many Judoka have collapsed arches on their feet and that's definitely related to ankle and hip functional mobility and strength. A knee only really bends forwards and backwards therefore it doesn't have the mobility and flexibility to begin with. Open and closed chains are also not talked about here with concepts of distinguishing between hara/tanden and posterior/anterior hip activation. The unification of the posterior and anterior chains and that moment of is what creates the most power, not just having constant shizenhontai. When it comes to the danger of your environment and self defence you move to survive not to simply be straight between all the Dantians/Granthis of Taoism/Yoga. A Judo body doesn't create shizenhontai but allows people to transition dynamically between states of posture to align at the right moment for a throw. A lot of entries with throws also require you to be small and sneaky, sometimes like a ball to get in which means full body flexion into extension is just as important as being able to maintain neutral extension of the body in shizen hontai. Kata has also been described in books as Koans, riddles in knowledge to be unpacked which is more than kinesthetics and equally to do with battlefield awareness, adaptability and flow in Mushin, Zanshin etc. The concepts of stretching people out in this video also don't reflect the inverse which is to crumple, twist and contort the skeleton of uke to the point they cannot resist a technique. Then keep in mind the structure of ligaments, tendons and muscles to manipulate in the throw with their natural patterns. Then keep in mind that Kuzushi could technically be six postures and you should be able to adapt every throw to those postures in real time. i.e. standing like a pencil (1), wide like a pyramid (2), on one leg ( 3, L or R), in horse stance (4), bent over grappler (5) and kneeling on the floor with one leg up (6). Each stance would demand a different application of creating that alignment of the spine for centrifugal or whipping motion as you use your Tanden/Hara in conjunction as separate entities with your hips. Then how you frame for that neutral position becomes so important as part of an explosion of energy. I think a lot of this movement science needs to be traced back and compared to the old koryu as well as the Chinese influences from Chan, Shaolin and Wudang styles.