Soke Inoue Yoshimi - The 3 contact areas under the foot - Seminar Italy 2013

Soke Inoue Yoshimi, Rika Usami's legendary master, discusses the different roles of the three contact areas under the foot. According to him, in Karate the majority of the body weight should always be supported by the heel, while the forefoot should only act as support. When standing, the practitioner should be focused on the posterior side of his body rather that on the anterior, thus enabling the shoulders to be relaxed and achieving a better balance. When stepping forward, the first part of the foot touching the ground should always be the heel, while the forefoot should act only as support: this can result in faster body transitions and rotations, as well as more kime in upper body techniques.
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I recorded this video during Soke Inoue's seminar held in Caorle (Venice, Italy) on 18-20 October 2013. The seminar was organized by Sensei Francesco Favaron, founder of Inoue-Ha Shito-Ryu Italy:
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Thanks to Sara Vacca for the simultaneous interpretation in Italian.
© 2013 Virtual Sensei

[@ronski50]

Thank you for the synopsis of the video which really helps in understanding his lesson.

[@instytut_karate]

Thank you so much for this important information about foot work in karate. Thank you for your work in preparing this movie.

[@akashkarateandhealth5412]

Thanks for this osm video🔥🔥👍

[@ajourneytoislam]

Much love 💕

[@nofal51]

Thank you
You are great to share this trasure with us ?

[@bourbakis]

Thank you for sharing. But I don't understand the middle section and he didn't explain either.

[@AlessandroTimmi]

You are right, there are three contact areas, but the focus of this class was only on two of them: forefoot and heel.