It’s 5 AM and I am starting to get tired.\u00a0 I guess that’s what happens when you have nothing to do on a specific time line.\u00a0 Because I am awake, I guess I should talk about moving through the hips.<\/p>\n
Moving through the hips is something that I can not give physical instruction on how to do.\u00a0 It is something that must be experienced.\u00a0 It’s part of that whole “this art can not be taught” thing.\u00a0 The only thing that I will mention is that a few people in the Bujinkan that I have met do this, fewer still explain it when they are teaching.<\/p>\n
I guess it should have been self event, even to someone like me who is a bit slow on the uptake.\u00a0 But never the less, if I can’t explain the movement, perhaps I can explain the benefit.<\/p>\n
As I said in a previous post I got this from Noguchi Sensei.\u00a0 In the past while observing this I had thought it was the use of his back muscles to generate this power, which may be part of it.\u00a0 If you however recreate the movement you thing you are seeing using your hips instead you can create a response in the opponent which feels quite powerful even though they can tell you are not using your physical strength.<\/p>\n
I have also experienced this while being twisted up by Oguri Sensei, it seems like he is using a lot of power, when his upper body is relaxed.\u00a0 Lets be honest the man is in his late 60’s, I should be able to use my muscles and overpower him.\u00a0 I have tried to be strong, it doesn’t make a difference.<\/p>\n
Now if you are saying, “My favourite Japanese Shihan X does it too”, you’re at a 10 we need you at a 2.\u00a0 I know that, but the first person to talk about moving through the hips to me directly was Oguri Sensei, the first one to explicitly show me to move through the hips was Noguchi Sensei which is why those two names were mentioned.<\/p>\n
That’s all on this for now.\u00a0 On a final note though, there is a Japanton seminar<\/a> hosted by Calgary<\/a>.\u00a0 I have to drop a line for them since they are the only ones who will actually host me.<\/p>\n
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