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- From: roberts@pogo.wv.tek.com (Robert Stroud)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Question: fumikomi (foot-stamping)
- Message-ID: <13983@pogo.wv.tek.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:40:12 GMT
- References: <JON.92Nov18114303@zeus.med.utah.edu> <gf36Jhe00YUoEuo2F_@andrew.cmu.edu> <JON.92Nov20114048@zeus.med.utah.edu>
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- In article <JON.92Nov20114048@zeus.med.utah.edu> jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd) writes:
- >In article <gf36Jhe00YUoEuo2F_@andrew.cmu.edu> Stephen Chan <sc1u+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >encounters the contact point (which generates the first sound) before
- >it can get to the focus point (which is when the foot should land,
- >generating the second sound).
- >
- I would like to add my ideas on this to the postings. I believe
- that fumikomi is fairly complex and that many learned sensei
- will have different explanations and insights about it. But
- the way I view it has to do with shinai kendo versus actual
- cutting.
-
- In kendo we practice barefoot and run through the opponent. These
- actions are unlike the types of actual matches that historically
- demonstrate "how it was really done". In Iaido you see differences
- the lead foot is planted before the cut so that the person doing
- the cut has a solid base. In shinai kendo the 'sports' type of
- movement tends to allow the opponents to glide past an action that
- would not work with a real sword. That is why the study of kata and
- Iaido is recommended to balance out the kendo curriculum. The Iai/kata
- and kendo form the two wheels on a bike, both are required to allow
- it to function.
-
- How about it Al (Bowers san) what is your thoughts on real sword
- use vs. bamboo sword use.
-
- Maybe the karate analogy is Makiwara punching vs. taikai (tournament)
- point punching. It is easier to touch someone and score a point
- then to correctly execute a damaging blow to the opponent. I know that
- I have lost karate matches at certain tournaments after getting hit with
- a tag your it punch and executing a solid drop the opponent punch.
- This situation would leave me the winner in "real" life but I lose at
- a taikai. I understand this and except it as a part of the trade off
- we make so that we can have taikai.
-
- Again this is offered as yet another point on the curve.
-
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- Robert Stroud Robert_Stroud@simulacrum.wv.tek.com
- Obukan Kendo Club
- Portland Oregon USA
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