Today I practiced the following shotokan katas: Nijushiho, Chintei, Sochin, Meikyo, and Unsu. Not one of these advanced kata is easy to do. But the one that stood out today as especially challenging was Meikyo. How do you get hip power in those moves from 24 to 33, from the hammer fist to the jump? Unless my shoulders are completely relaxed, I cannot get power in that sequence. But I worked this sequence many times. The power began to slowly drop lower, away from shoulders and toward hara. Meikyo is a beautiful kata. I once heard someone say that Nishiyama Sensei loved this kata. I can see why.
July 12, 2018
Five Challenges, One Task
Today I practiced the following shotokan katas: Nijushiho, Chintei, Sochin, Meikyo, and Unsu. Not one of these advanced kata is easy to do. But the one that stood out today as especially challenging was Meikyo. How do you get hip power in those moves from 24 to 33, from the hammer fist to the jump? Unless my shoulders are completely relaxed, I cannot get power in that sequence. But I worked this sequence many times. The power began to slowly drop lower, away from shoulders and toward hara. Meikyo is a beautiful kata. I once heard someone say that Nishiyama Sensei loved this kata. I can see why.
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