Wow! Classic Chatanyara no Sai - RKKHSK! Madam beautiful, gracefull, excellent projection and power, loved the concious use of the Me and the excellent coordination of the hip action for thrust and power. Beautiful tshiko dachi... thanks for the video! Yours in Budo from Asia.
No one can accuse Ms. Loukopoulos of NOT using her hips as is so common in most bo kata performances. I believe that she trains in the Yamanni-ryu school.
Here's something to think about ... What are your strikes striking, what are your blocks blocking? Remember, in kata, you should mirror your own body, not some giant or midget. Kata is not theater. For instance, I see many/most practitioners today do those double shutos to sides way up high as in chest, neck, head or just up in the air. Those shutos should be low, to the floating ribs. Another for instance, those double punches to the face with the handles in this kata ... Those punches should come together at a point to the face or neck, not to either side of the face or neck. Think about what you're striking or blocking and exactly where you're striking or blocking.
Hello,
I am a late comer. I owe gratitude for my appearance on the net to my colleague Mr. Theo Theloesen (SE-FI) from Holland.
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katherine
Wow! Classic Chatanyara no Sai - RKKHSK! Madam beautiful, gracefull, excellent projection and power, loved the concious use of the Me and the excellent coordination of the hip action for thrust and power. Beautiful tshiko dachi... thanks for the video! Yours in Budo from Asia.
Excellent performance by this highly regarded practitioner and teacher. Thanks for posting.
wow, outstanding - super hip action in conjunction with stance lock and weapon technique.
Beautiful! You inspire me to begin sai kata!!
Very, very nice!
Wonderful.. Thnks for posting :)
No one can accuse Ms. Loukopoulos of NOT using her hips as is so common in most bo kata performances. I believe that she trains in the Yamanni-ryu school.
Except that's a sai kata.
Here's something to think about ... What are your strikes striking, what are your blocks blocking? Remember, in kata, you should mirror your own body, not some giant or midget. Kata is not theater.
For instance, I see many/most practitioners today do those double shutos to sides way up high as in chest, neck, head or just up in the air. Those shutos should be low, to the floating ribs. Another for instance, those double punches to the face with the handles in this kata ... Those punches should come together at a point to the face or neck, not to either side of the face or neck. Think about what you're striking or blocking and exactly where you're striking or blocking.
Hi, Katherine. How are you? Nice to see your stuff on the net. Send me a msg.