Kaze Uta Budo Kai Forum Archive

im having alot of success in translating the daito applications into our more Kito ryu/Daito ryu tomiki blend perspective by working big to small -- think of our typical application as "big" and see what happens as you progressively and incrementally shrink it...also very useful to experiment to go from our more horizontal delivery of energy across a spectrum to more vertical vaulting functions ... and finally playing with it in terms of initiative-- to work along the lines of Kito (lots of footwork oriented kuzushi) on the reactive end and Daito (only move the feet when you have to) from the proactive end -- also interesting to compare the initial response continuum from are we engaging wrist and pushing on contact to create a bridge or are we breathing into the lats and drawing them in on contact to overcome inertia and create a fluid connection