- Head, shoulders and koshi rotations
- Stepping preparation
- musubidachi - feet together
- fudodachi - open stance
- Jodan - cutting top-down
- Chudan - cutting horizontally
- Gedan - cutting bottom-up
- kiri-komi (cutting by pushing. to the horizon)
- kiri-harai (cutting by pulling - all the way through)
- Dai Jodan vs. Jodan kiri-komi (running)
Tenshingoso
- Closing
Now as an instructor I understand why we do so much kiri-komi (vs. kiri-harai) !
ReplyDelete1. safety
2. shoko / keep koshi open