a - Khi đã biết rõ chi tiết phải làm như thế nào, mọi người đều làm được!Gửi bởi fourever
c - Leverage anh à. Khi anh đẩy cánh cửa, ở cái knob của cửa lúc nào củng nhẹ hơn, càng nặng hơn nếu anh đẩy gần cái bản lề. Principle thì giống nhau, anh cho người ta khoảng cách thì người ta nhấc anh lên dễ hơn, đứng gần thì khó hơn, đứng ngay dưới cái "base" của người ta thì không thể nhấc người anh lên được. Muốn nhấc đươc, thì người nhấc phải cong lưng, ưỡn người về phía sau, nhưng làm vậy thì người nhấc mất đi thăng bằng của chính mình và bị trọng lượng của người kia từ trên đè xuống. Đả thử rồi anh à.
b - Trong môn võ mình học thì không có "ki" anh. Thầy Tobi Threadgill có giải thích cho ông Stan Pranin nghe khi ông hỏi thầy về chuyện này trong interview cho aikidojournal một khoảng thời gian trước đây. Dưới đây là một đoạn trích ra cho anh tham khảo:
"During our training session your expression of technique occasionally demonstrated very soft application yet I was unable to resist it. The result was amazingly powerful. Can you explain what you’re doing?
This is something I get asked about all the time. People see this type of application on video or at a demo and think it’s staged or phony. You thought the same thing, right? Then you felt the technique in person and changed your mind. Why?
I couldn’t feel how you were moving or throwing me. I mean, I could feel myself moving but the source of the movement was difficult to ascertain. Being unable to figure out the direction or source of the power made it impossible to block or counter the technique.
This type of execution is very difficult to explain but I’ll give it a try.
Advanced jujutsu is supposed to be very subtle in application. “Maximum result from minimum effort” is a common maxim. Unfortunately, many higher level jujutsu principles were abandoned after the Edo Period. Confusing the situation is the preponderance of overly cooperative training in some arts and an over-dependence on muscular strength in others.
For instance, Aikidoka flying around the room without the slightest provocation may look similar to advanced jujutsu but believe me, proper Shindo Yoshin ryu feels very different from the forms of aikido that are almost dance-like.
Alternately, Judoka pumping away on weight machines and looking like Mr. Universe instills the wrong body awareness and mental approach for developing high-level judo technique. It is impressive, but unfortunately now rare, to see a talented judo technician defeat a larger and stronger adversary with the very subtle application of Judo waza.
The application of soft and sophisticated waza requires highly developed senses. Takamura sensei used to touch someone lightly on the arm and say “I can feel inside your toes.” What he meant was that through light contact he could feel someone’s whole body structure without threatening them. At that point the adversary would be very vulnerable without realizing it. Takamura sensei was adamant that this was not some magical force or mystical form of “ki,” but a very refined physical connection. Developing your senses to an extreme level is a very important aspect of TSYR Myoden waza, our most advanced level kata.
So, the Myoden waza are all very soft?
Not necessarily. The soft application of waza is much less decisive in empty-hand application than it is in an art like kenjutsu. Takamura sensei frequently stressed that soft application in jujutsu was more valuable as a study of advanced body mechanics and mental manipulation than as a practical taijutsu technique. Sometimes an initially soft entry or sophisticated deception can result in a crushing application of classical jujutsu waza, however, it is with an edged weapon that soft waza really demonstrates its superiority. If I can deceive my adversary through the soft application of kenjutsu technique, a razor sharp sword becomes decisive in a way that throwing or striking cannot be.
Unfortunately, what has happened in some schools of internal martial arts is that they have evolved into a limited and unrealistic expression of high-level technique. In TSYR we aim to not only execute technique efficiently but also maintain the option to employ a debilitating strike, crushing throw or draw an edged weapon as a finish. Every technique in TSYR begins and ends with atemi. Without the consideration of a decisive finish to a conflict, subtlety of execution is wasted.
Yes, I know what you mean. You mentioned ki. Do you employ ki in TSYR? If so, is “ki” the source of the internal power you mentioned earlier?
Not really. First of all, the term itself is problematic. People are constantly debating what “ki” means. Some are so arrogant that they actually think they can strictly define the term for the rest of us. Look up the kanji and the radicals that create it. Like many Japanese terms, “ki” is generic in definition and totally dependent on context. It can mean things as diverse as life force, spirit or mental processes. “Ki” in our expression of budo is a generic term, broadly based, complex and nuanced. “Ki” in TSYR is the integration of internal strength, perception of intent, manipulation of involuntary physical and mental processes, plus several other proprietary teachings. So, “ki” is not the source of our internal power—internal power is one the components we employ in the development of “ki.”
Concerning “internal power,” this concept is likewise difficult to strictly define. There are as many definitions of this concept as there are schools claiming to teach it. In TSYR we have a series of kata called “Nairiki no Gyo.” These kata seek to cultivate specific body skills associated with developing internal energy. But what exactly are these skills and how are these kata employed to develop internal strength? As part of our gokui, I am not permitted to discuss them in detail outside the kai membership but I can give you a general idea of what they constitute. They are solo exercises that inculcate the proper balance, movement and muscular application utilized in our greater curriculum. These types of exercises are actually quite ubiquitous in Japanese jujutsu schools of the Edo Period, although they are rather unfamiliar to those outside the membership of specific Nihon koryu. According to Yoshin ryu lore, this form of body training was introduced to Japan from China in the mid-Edo Period. In the case of Yoshin ryu, the Nairiki no Gyo were specifically created adaptations of Chinese practices intended to augment the study and application of specific body skills required in Yoshin ryu’s greater curriculum."
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