One could almost feel like a Tornado when performing this Kata, the ever whirling and turning within the Kata indicates energy with great magnetic force.
A drawing force that lifts you up and then puts you down with great ferocity, thus the pounding movement, just like an earthquake (Jishin in Japanese). As to the second to last movement, which is the reverse punch this suggests, two storms colliding creating electrical thunder and the last movement which is turning fast, with Mawashi uke, could be a storm executing its combined authority and majesty The Element present in this Kata would suggest Air and Wind George Andrews A group from Moscow have arrived at my Dojo for training and sightseeing, this is a great way to combine a holiday with training and the offer goes out to all IOGKF members in the world, you just need to e/mail about your date of arrival.
I can cater for a group up to 15 people; the amenities include Sauna, Showers and Kitchen, sleeping on Tatami with airbeds, all you have to bring is a sleeping bag so think about for the future. When you train with the Master one sometimes feels, I wish he would come and talk to me, and then as he approaches you your heart beats faster, you have a feeling of pleasure and then he speaks to you, and you realise that he is a simple humble human being after all. As to nature the butterfly with all it’s colour detail and beauty, is hard to approach, it moves just out of reach and when you least expect it, it will land if not by you but on you just for a while, as if to recognise your desire.
Its intimacy is quite a shock, and will delay your reactions and encumber your movement to a time which is absent. Your mind will feel a sense of achievement and recognition, and it will leave as mystifying and it came. George Andrews by Ben Lacey John has taken his partner out for a meal in a nice restaurant. At the table next to them three rather drunken males are boisterously eating. They are loud and their language is becoming very offensive. John leans over and politely asks them if they could keep their voices down as they are offending other diners in general and his partner in particular.
This is the second time we have arranged a Fun Day for the Children, and I can
say that this is the way forward in developing their Social skills and Self-esteem, when I look around at the different issues that some Children portray and I would like to add that this is not only down to some parents, it is also the lack of Confidence and Motivation. Renzoku bunkai is a promise between two people, to achieve communication, an agreement to deliver precise and effective execution of a discipline, the discipline being an assortment of movements that will give an indication of what to expect if an adversary seeks conflict.
Kata is not a mere choreography of movements. To reach its secrets try and ponder the following riddles and then share your findings with your teacher for feedback.
Training in paradise, well it was suppose to be, but up to a week before we left the UK it rained in Thailand for 7 days and 7 nights and there were flash floods to waist level and temperatures at 23°C that have not be seen since the 70’s.
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