Topic: Standardisation of fundamentals.

[JimmyTheHoover]

Hmmm... not sure if it's really Macro/Micro - I feel that it's more a case of Basic/Advanced Huw - what I mean is that it may depend on the target audience - when teaching even basic kihon techniques such as gedan-barai to lower grades it's vitally important to stress and in some cases over exaggerate the full range of movement of the limbs but if the same technique is being targetted at a group of blackbelts the technique may/should be demonstrated with a totally different range of limb movement and/or body dynamics and timing.

Jim

[Huw]

I agree with you completely Jim, what I'm trying to figure out is where the limits are !!

There was another example in Edinburgh last year involving the end sequence of Heian Yondan - I'll try and find some video to illustrate the differences. BRB

[Mole Bach]

what I mean is that it may depend on the target audience -

Exactly Jim.

Huw, I know that your good friend Takeshi may emphasise things differently, but to what class?  Sho-dan to ni-Dan are taught slightly different to the Kyu grades, as are the 3rd, 4th and 5th Dan’s.

The point here is that Kawasoe Sensei's videos are titled “Beginner to Black Belt the Kawasoe way.”

What I’m on about is teaching the Kyu grades the incorrect moves and/or omission of preparatory techniques.