Insights #5
Kosho Ryu Striking Mini Course
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49m
This class introduces the five senses (plus the sixth) in martial application, opening with Hanshi Juchnik's frustration at a society that produces glorified martial artists rather than thinking ones. The discussion covers visual plane, auditory, touch, smell, and taste, including how taste enters combat through adrenaline and stomach secretions read by Shiatsu and acupuncture practitioners. Eye training receives extended attention, with the eyes described as betrayers, the difference between tunnel vision and a neutral plane, the mistake of stepping back twice, the relationship between gait and visual plane, and pattern drills that teach the eyes to shift rather than glaze. Common training mistakes and their fighting implications close the session.
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Insights #2
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Insights #4
This class addresses the coordination of upper and lower body during striking, with attention to how the feet generate the power that the hands deliver. Hanshi Juchnik works through redirecting an opponent's momentum, the ninety-degree blocking angle that takes the incoming line and shoots it up ...
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