Goju Ryu Kokyu Undo Exercise - Rise & Sink

How to focus the abdomen when rising and sinking in Goju Ryu's kokyu undo exercise.
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[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Thank you so much for the bowling ball analogy, Sensei!

[@GKCgoju]

You're welcome. I find that analogies like this can be quite useful in helping practitioners visualize what a particular exercise is trying to achieve.

[@marcinm2503]

Higaonna Sensei training

[@GKCgoju]

While Higaonna Sensei would include this and other similar exercises (collectively known as kokyu undo) regularly in junbi undo, the exercise didn't start with him, but rather are part of most goju ryu lineages, and therefore pre-date his teachings.