tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315333410007118561.post3137607444833115597..comments2024-03-15T00:52:20.774-07:00Comments on The Dragon's Orb: Uki Waza DefinedErik the Strangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719361294346916751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315333410007118561.post-9726016705927330982009-05-19T06:20:00.000-07:002009-05-19T06:20:00.000-07:00well put Pat-- I am beginning to think that origin...well put Pat-- I am beginning to think that original line of thinking in the kata development, when things shifted from the 15 to the 17 and when the uki waza were born, was to show(what was at the time) a marked contrast-- the creation of uki waza, the highlighting the exploiting of body rise that we all take for granted, was at the time in sharp relief to the more standard ways of doing tekubi -- namely planting and cranking ie.-- by these standards we all float and do it "easy" so the distiction is blurrednick lowryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093111955200181422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315333410007118561.post-48419949128090429952009-05-19T04:12:00.000-07:002009-05-19T04:12:00.000-07:00Cool point you're coming to, but it seems to me to...Cool point you're coming to, but it seems to me to bring the topic back around to my question of a while back...<br /><br />http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/07/whats-so-floaty-about-floating-throws.html<br /><br />Isn't every throw, by this "easy" definition supposed to be a floating throw? Kotegaeshi, for instance, is a floating throw. Gedanate and hikitaoshi work much the same as the officially-named floating throws (just different body positions) They are all easy throws.Patrick Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471858995477729220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315333410007118561.post-11334747284109012612009-05-18T19:45:00.000-07:002009-05-18T19:45:00.000-07:00sweet answer from Matl Sensei-- to me the rise doe...sweet answer from Matl Sensei-- to me the rise does not require the extreme form of "bringing them on the toes" with any sort of crank or torque, but rather more generally to execute kake from uke's body rise (always avalible as the feet close togeather in the foot cycle or as the body pivots) which is feels easy (light) and so in this sense we are saying the same i thinknick lowryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093111955200181422noreply@blogger.com