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- From: UweKloss@lionbbs.escape.de ( Uwe Kloss )
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Message-ID: <H.ea.wh5lKA2j62w@lionbbs.escape.de>
- Organization: The Lion Town BBS, Brunswik, Germany
- Subject: Re: Question: fumikomi (foot-stamping)
- References: Re: Question: fumikomi (foot-stamping)
- Reply-To: UweKloss@lionbbs.escape.de
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.04 Rev. Sep 5 1992
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 10:10:20 MET
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- In <JON.92Nov18114303@zeus.med.utah.edu>, Jonathan Byrd writes:
- > Over time, I have polished my own fumikomi, and I think I
- >finally have gained some understanding of the effect. This has led me
- >to an uncomfortable discovery: either my understanding of fumikomi is
- >flawed, or most people time the stamping action improperly.
- >
- > In my understanding, the stamping action is not done for its
- >own end; it is simply a consequence of catching yourself from falling.
- >As you launch yourself forward and shift your center of gravity, you
- >immediately begin to fall at 9.8 meters per second squared. Because
- >your front foot is off the ground reaching forward, you simply free
- >fall until your right foot lands with a stamping action, breaking your
- >fall.
-
- First I think the enhancement gravity can add to a blow is VERY small.
- And it's coming up SLOW. Lean forward and observe how slow you begin
- to fall!
-
- And if you 'use' gravity this way to enhance your blow, you would be an
- easy one to handle for everybody who manages to escape your first blow!
-
- It's just what every aikidoka learnes to do.
- Evade the blow and as long as uke is moving melt into this movement
- enhance it and direct it. If at this very moment uke is not totally
- in control of himself but 'controlled' by gravity, ... thank you! ;-)
-
- Uwe
-
- --
- Eliminiere das Unmoegliche. Was immer uebrig bleibt, so
- unwahrscheinlich es auch wirkt, muss die Wahrheit sein.
- Aber was ist, wenn einmal NICHTS mehr uebrig bleibt?
- (nach: John Brunner - Mehr Dinge zwischen Himmel und Erde)
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