Thursday, April 4, 2019

Kamae Again

As previously, it seems that the opening, "kamae" positions of the classical bo kata were not meant to be static, "ready" postures. It seems that they were intended to be active dynamic parts of the actual opening sequences. This is very clear in kata like Choun and Sui Shi and less so in others like Sakugawa. In particular though, the opening of Tsuken no Kon was frustratingly obscure. Here's a reasonably viable option for that application.