The basic movement
tenkai
The technics is shown by Prokhorenya Vadim
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Starting position.
Instants (or hidari) kamae. The "Forward" leg is perpendicular to a floor, a "back" leg a straight line. The centre of gravity is located closer to a forward leg.
Hands are average position (a "forward" hand at a level of a solar plexus, "back" - at a level of a belt). |
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2. Movement begins just as and at execution tenkan. |  |
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4. During that moment when at execution tenkan there was a step back second leg... |  |
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5.... In tenkai this leg is only allocated a little aside... |  |
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6.... And as a result you appear in the opposite rack having developed " on a place " on 180є. |  |
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Further, from 8-th movement there is a similar movement.
Executingtenkaiall of you time are displaced aside...Watch hands (they work also as in tenkan), the center, balance and legs (that there were no "jumping" movement on height. |
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9.Hands should not strain at all! |  |
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Video (tenkai1.avi 209Kb) |
Video (tenkai2.avi 216Kb) |
