Insights #10
43m
This class continues the blade work with attention to the subtleties that connect weaponry to everything else in Kosho Ryu. Hanshi Juchnik introduces the difference between repetition and recall, with recall described as the return of feeling rather than the return of moves. The discussion covers learning from the outside in versus the inside out, illustrated by his recurring trips to Bodega Bay where the place evokes the feeling of friends rather than specific events, why teaching from the inside out matters, the open invitation to a class to "hit me and see where it goes," and Octagon work using the half angle. Manipulating with the thumb, transitional motion, feeling the fold, finding weak points, and tracking movement without absolutes round out the session.