Monday, January 31, 2005
Some Junana Hon Variations
Atemi Waza Hontai
The basic forms of the Junana-hon (the basic 17) are practice at Shodokan from aigamae (matching stances) tegatana awase (fully extended tegatana arms just touching). So imagine right postures as I go on.
I want to talk about two details for aigamae ate and ushiro ate. The both have to do with how you twist uke’s arm.
Aigamae ate
In aigamae ate, you need to rotate your right tegatana down just a bit, grab uke’s arm, and then rotate his arm away from you—all while doing the taisabaki and moving to your left. That rotation on the arm will help to break uke’s balance (from his own perspective) to the left and onto the weak line. As he recovers and leans back, that is when your right hand comes up to the neck and throws uke with aigamae ate.
Ushiro ate
Here, the right hand reaches forward, over uke’s right wrist, curving over and under in order to grab. Once you’ve grabbed with the right hand, the left arm comes to push on uke’s right elbow—right at the elbow. As it pushes, the right hand rotates back towards you (since it was previously curled around, it uncurls) and that helps to twist uke’s torso (from his own perspective) to the left. You then sneak behind uke and throw him with ushiro ate.
Junana Hon Tanto Versions
The versions of the Junanan hon done against an uke stabbing with a knife are in some cases different than those done against an unarmed opponent.
In what follows, imagine you and the opponent are in right-foot forward stances and that uke has the tanto (dagger) in his right hand and is stabbing in such as way that he stays in a right-foot forward stance throughout the stab.
Waki Gatame
Here you move to the left as you get out of the way of the knife. This taisabaki, however, is done with the right foot remaining forward. Turn 90 degrees so that your right tegatana is now at a 90 degree angle with uke’s stabbing arm. Your tegatana (hand blade) should just be touching uke’s right wrist. Now use it to push up as your move forward towards the arm with your whole body. The rising combined with the moving forward will raise uke’s arm and expose the underside of his wrist to you. That is when your left hand comes forward, grabs uke’s wrist from underneath and applies the waki gatame.
Tenkai kote hineri
Here, the only difference is in how you throw uke. Uke falls back and to his right at the end of the technique.
At the start he stabs, you move forward and to your left as normal, grabbing the arm. Now perform the tenkai movement, turning under the uke’s arm. Stop. You should now be facing the same direction as uke. From this point on, move backwards, pulling down on uke’s arm with both hands. As you do so, uke will be (from his perspective) whipped back and to the right. His left hand will reach out to break his fall. As it does so, just keep moving backwards till he collapses onto the floor.
Ki Phrase of the Day
Ki ga nagai literally means that your ki is long. But the idiomatic meaning is to describe someone with a great deal of patience—someone who can do something “patiently, constantly, and without hurrying.” It describes a person’s character.
Ki ga mijikai literally means that your ki is short. But what it really describes is someone short tempered. It describes someone’s character rather than at temporary state of mind.
The basic forms of the Junana-hon (the basic 17) are practice at Shodokan from aigamae (matching stances) tegatana awase (fully extended tegatana arms just touching). So imagine right postures as I go on.
I want to talk about two details for aigamae ate and ushiro ate. The both have to do with how you twist uke’s arm.
Aigamae ate
In aigamae ate, you need to rotate your right tegatana down just a bit, grab uke’s arm, and then rotate his arm away from you—all while doing the taisabaki and moving to your left. That rotation on the arm will help to break uke’s balance (from his own perspective) to the left and onto the weak line. As he recovers and leans back, that is when your right hand comes up to the neck and throws uke with aigamae ate.
Ushiro ate
Here, the right hand reaches forward, over uke’s right wrist, curving over and under in order to grab. Once you’ve grabbed with the right hand, the left arm comes to push on uke’s right elbow—right at the elbow. As it pushes, the right hand rotates back towards you (since it was previously curled around, it uncurls) and that helps to twist uke’s torso (from his own perspective) to the left. You then sneak behind uke and throw him with ushiro ate.
Junana Hon Tanto Versions
The versions of the Junanan hon done against an uke stabbing with a knife are in some cases different than those done against an unarmed opponent.
In what follows, imagine you and the opponent are in right-foot forward stances and that uke has the tanto (dagger) in his right hand and is stabbing in such as way that he stays in a right-foot forward stance throughout the stab.
Waki Gatame
Here you move to the left as you get out of the way of the knife. This taisabaki, however, is done with the right foot remaining forward. Turn 90 degrees so that your right tegatana is now at a 90 degree angle with uke’s stabbing arm. Your tegatana (hand blade) should just be touching uke’s right wrist. Now use it to push up as your move forward towards the arm with your whole body. The rising combined with the moving forward will raise uke’s arm and expose the underside of his wrist to you. That is when your left hand comes forward, grabs uke’s wrist from underneath and applies the waki gatame.
Tenkai kote hineri
Here, the only difference is in how you throw uke. Uke falls back and to his right at the end of the technique.
At the start he stabs, you move forward and to your left as normal, grabbing the arm. Now perform the tenkai movement, turning under the uke’s arm. Stop. You should now be facing the same direction as uke. From this point on, move backwards, pulling down on uke’s arm with both hands. As you do so, uke will be (from his perspective) whipped back and to the right. His left hand will reach out to break his fall. As it does so, just keep moving backwards till he collapses onto the floor.
Ki Phrase of the Day
Ki ga nagai literally means that your ki is long. But the idiomatic meaning is to describe someone with a great deal of patience—someone who can do something “patiently, constantly, and without hurrying.” It describes a person’s character.
Ki ga mijikai literally means that your ki is short. But what it really describes is someone short tempered. It describes someone’s character rather than at temporary state of mind.
