by AA | Mar 9, 2020 | Technical Analysis
INTRODUCTION Ura techniques are probably harder to learn than omote techniques because they often involve a 180-degree turn. Keeping your training partner in your centre and trying not to get ahead of the technique and pull your partner around, or in front of the...
by AA | Jan 10, 2020 | Feb 2020, Technical Analysis
Morote Dori was one of O’Sensei’s principle techniques. In this article, we look at Saito Sensei performing the technique; breaking it down in slow motion to capture the detail. LET’S EXAMINE THE SLOW MOTION VIDEO FIRST. MOROTE DORI IN...
by AA | Jan 1, 2020 | Technical Analysis
Ikkyo is one of O’Sensie’s most important techniques. To the beginner or the uninitiated, it looks simple but there is so much going on that it is important to study it closely. It is said that beginners would practice nothing but two techniques, Ikkyo and...