One of my practice principles at Mokuren Dojo is that if we make uke better then tori will have to become better. I think it's a good thing for folks to take some boxing or karate, and if it's available, some kendo or kenjutsu, because if uke gives us sorry attacks, our responses to those attacks will be sorry.
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So, in our autumnal focus on tachidori, we ought to pay a bit of attention to how to make a proper vertical cut (menuchi) because that is the majority of what we are responding to in the basic tachidori. Following are some good exercises for menuchi.
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Patrick Parker
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