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TTC chapter 69, applied
DIR By: Jason
Date: January 10, 2013, 3:41 am
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From the Tap Te Ching:
The expert in warfare says
Rather than make the attack,
I would take the attack;
Rather than advance an inch,
Retreat a foot.
The last trip to the dojo, my daughter was learning her kokutsu
dachi. Although I was mainly observing, I went ahead and
practiced mine a bit; Sensei mentioned that it was very
'Okinawan'. In the kokutsu dachi that I was performing, the
center of gravity comes back farther, just ahead of the heel.
This version does not leave much room to move back within the
stance without changing the footwork - it has no room to yield.
I had been working on developing a qi gong excercise that makes
use of some stance other than kiba dachi - almost all of the
excercises that I currently do come from a somewhat shallow
kiba. This new project involved a qi ball, expanding, then
focused in a double palm extension as I moved forward in
zenkutsu dachi; the implication is that there is a very forceful
strike that can be made on the advance. Now, sensei pointed out
that leaving both limbs out in an extended position had some
serious tactical problems, and that is true. There is also an
issue with having to rely solely upon the ability to make an
advance in order to deliver a technique, so I went home and
thought about how this prototype excercise could be adapted into
an effective external martial technique, and not just an
energetic excercise.
I started with a transition from zenkutsu dachi to kokutsu
dachi, without changing anything in the footwork except for the
90 degree pivot on the back foot. This results in a nice
Okinawan koko, and has the effect of moving the body back one
foot or so; a retreat without retreating!
Since the leading hand at this point is moving back towards the
chest, it is readily available for executing gedan barai against
attacks on the lower body, and the sudden shift causes attacks
against the upper body to fail entirely, as well as invite an
over extension on the part of an adversary. At this point, one
has full breath, and is effectively chambered for gyaku tsuki,
with an opponent within or slightly closer than one's own power
zone, off balanced.
Exploiting this position, one returns to zenkutsu dachi,
applying the energy of 1: the pivot on the back foot, 2: the
extension of the back leg, possibly adding the extension of the
calf muscles as one rises to the ball of the foot, 3: the
rotation of the waist, 4: the movement of the shoulder, 5: the
raising of the upper arm, and extension of the arm. Hard
exhale, gyaku tsuki. While this is occurring, the lead hand may
move aside any obstace to the attack, or reposition the opponent
fully within the power zone.
So, as a wai dan excercise, this is performed slowly, inhaling
and exhaling through the nose, maintaining harmonious balance
and observing the flow of one's energy, and as a martial
technique, provides a defensive movement and counter attack with
very strong effect. Flowing away like water, hardening like
ice; transfering energy like a bolt of lightning traveling from
earth to sky. Paragraph one of TTC, chapter 69, applied as a
martial technique.
Osu!
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