#Tai sabaki no kata how to
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You should practice moving front and back in the tsugi-ashi style and taking four or five tsugi-ashi steps to your right and left sides. When we advance from the left natural position we move left right then leti right, when we move backward we draw our feet back right left then right left. When we take tsugi-ashi steps backward from the right natural position we draw our feet back left right then left right again. The name tsugi-ashi literally means following feet. In other words our left- foot does not move out in front of our right foot. In the tsugi-ashi method, however, beginning from the right natural position, we take a step forward on our right foot then bring our left foot forward far enough so that our body remains in the right natural position. In ordinary walking we take a step forward on, say, our left foot, then bring our right foot forward one step farther than the position of our left foot and repeat this process over and over. Once you have mastered this walk, go on to learn the tsugi-ashi method. As you walk do not let your feet move too far apart or too close together, do not let your body-head, shoulders, hips-rise and fall, and walk in a sliding smooth fashion across the floor. In other words, in judo we walk in the natural position, or to put it slightly differently we walk with our hips. This applies not only to standing perfectly still but to walking as well. Earlier when we explained the natural position we said that you should not let your weight fall on only one or the other of your feet.

#Tai sabaki no kata how to

How to master this walking method? The first thing to remember is to maintain the natural body position. For judo purposes, you must not put one foot forward and leave your body behind or advance your body and leave one foot behind. In judo walking methods, on the other hand, we move our legs, hips, and bodies forward or backward all at the same time. Forwards or backwards, this walking method always leaves your weight on one foot for an interval during which your body itself remains back with that support foot. If we walk backwards the process is the same, only in the opposite direction. Usually humans walk by putting their weight on one foot and advancing the other, then shifting their weight to the advanced foot as soon as it touches the floor and advancing the other foot. To master the advance-retreat style of movement you must first master the following way of walking.

#Tai sabaki no kata free

If the ways you move your feet and body are correct and if they agree with the various postures and methods of standing with your opponent, when these movements appear in a technique, that technique will be correct and free of strain. Advance-retreat movements, as goes without saying, are the vital fundamental movements that let you move your body straight forward, backward, left or right to get it into the required position. Under this single heading we include both the advance-retreat (shintai) type of movement and turning movements (tai-sabaki).