tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30647965.post8516910906061691985..comments2023-10-12T01:45:57.171-07:00Comments on Andy's Epic Ramble: My time at Walmart ain't wasted.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30647965.post-71091851972021087772006-12-04T14:07:00.000-08:002006-12-04T14:07:00.000-08:00Yeah, tegatana is deep. The guys that are really ...Yeah, tegatana is deep. The guys that are really good at aikido spend a good bit of time thinking about and working on their basic footwork exercises.<br /><br />Tegatana no kata has a lot of leverage for changing your aikido for the better because these basic motions are re-used in all the techniques in aikido. So, if you improve one of them a little bit, that small improvement is magnified throughout all the techniques in which that motion occurs.<br /><br />Probably the 2-3 techniques in tegatana no kata that have the most leverage on the rest of the system are shomenashi, hipswitch, and the first turn. Those three motions probably recur the most of any of the motions in the kata. In fact, there is probably not any technique in aikido that does not include some form of shomenashi and some form of hipswitch.<br /><br />And you're right - adding the arm in changes your motion and makes shomen tegatane a different kind of thing than shomenashi.Patrick Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471858995477729220noreply@blogger.com