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Legend |
RF |
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right foot |
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North |
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face front from starting position |
LF |
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left foot |
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East |
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face right from starting position |
RH |
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right hand |
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South |
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face back from starting position |
LH |
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left hand |
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West |
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face left from starting position
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Notes:
- Think of all power in the finger tips
- Focus on palm heel
- Breath low (in abdomen), this is the focus area for tension
- Blocks/strikes should be in a focused zone (don't block too wide, too close to body, or too far out)
- Step into rt. sanchin stance, perform double middle block.
- Slowly pull left hand to chamber (inhale short, exhale short).
- With open right hand, quickly grab & pull (finger strikes) (inhale short); back to chamber.
Application: Use ridge hand to strike the right side of opponent's neck with the right thumb.
- Right hand shuto to neck, fast (inhale short), back to chamber.
- Palm heel strike (shotei ate) to head, slow (inhale long).
- Turn rt. hand over into shuto position & quickly bring back to chamber (inhale short).
- Low shotei ate, slow (exhale long).
- Turn hand over (koken position, wrist block) & slowly bring hand up w thumb & ring finger connected until hand can't go any higher w elbow within a golf ball of ribs (inhale long). Keep pressure on entire right arm.
- Keeping pressure on right arm, turn hand over, move hand down slowly w palm heel until forearm is parallel to floor (exhale long).
- Turn hand to form koken to side, bend wrist maximally & move hand slowly to right (thumb & middle finger connected) as far as it will go without moving right elbow more than a golf ball (inhale long).
- Turn hand over and w palm heel slowly bring back to center of body until forearm is parallel to side wall of room (exhale long).
- Step into left sanchin stance, perform above sequence of movements to the opposite side.
- Step into right sanchin stance, perform above sequence of with both hands.
- Staying in place, Scoop with both hands, slow, bring hands to solar plexus (inhale long).
- Quick & forcible spearhand (nukite) to solar plexus (exhale short).
- Step back into left sanchin, same scoop & nukite.
- Step back into right sanchin, same scoop & nukite.
- Step back into left sanchin, circular block (mawashi uke) followed by double palm heel strikes (slow, long exhale). Right hand high.
- Step back into right sanchin, circular block (mawashi uke) followed by double palm heel strikes (slow, long exhale). Left hand high.
- Finish.
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