We skipped ukemi and went into the sanshin no kata; some of it anyway. We started with chi no kata. Starting from shoshin no kamae shift forward and step through with sanshitan ken. There should be a straight line from your rear foot up to your strike. The proper angle is probably 45 degrees. I don't know for sure but that angle appears alot in this art and if you look at a 90 degree triangle the hypotenuse is 45 degrees. There were three ways to move with the strike. 1) Step forward and through. 2) Switch step. 3) Step backward. After that we did sui no kata. With sui no kata Dave showed two different ways to move with the omote shuto. The first is stepping through like usual. The power comes from the rear leg and this is more linear. The second was like the switch step and the power comes more from swinging your rear leg around. This was more circular. After trying both the concensus was that the linear step was more powerful. Dave then showed how the circular step is perfect for when you have a knife. When using a knife keep it hidden when you receive. As you're moving in show the knife to your uke. If they react like a normal person would (i.e. lean back to get away) that exposes the neck and the cut is easy. Then I showed it with the concept that Roger brought back from Japan. The idea here was to keep your energy/focus moving forward. Even though your retreat to receive the attack you're attacking at the same time. This encompassed two concepts already shown. The footwork is linear and you can use your shuto just like the knife. Doug felt this was along the lines of Shinden Fudo Ryu. This lead into another way to do ichimonji from the koshi kihon sampo (i.e. sui no kata with a partner). Dave showed a Shiraishi way of doing it. With this you set yourself up before the attack by sliding your foot back. When the attack comes you receive but don't give up any ground. I've done with version with Lauren before.
I think that was it for the sanshin no kata. I'll try to recall all of the techniques we did.
Uke: Tsuki to face
Tori: Receive using the Shiraishi ichimonji. Shift to the outside taking the uke's balance by sliding your receiving arm into the inside of the uke's elbow. Then apply all sorts of daikentaijutsu and kihon happo (e.g. omote shuto neck, fudo ken ribs, boshi ken ribs, knee ribs, ganseki nage, musha dori).
Same as the previous one except you have a katana. This time receive with the sword's tsuka by stepping back with the left foot. Shift over taking the balance like before. Strike to the face with the kashira (end of tsuka) as you draw or before you draw. To prevent the uke from drawing the blade use your thumb. Cut with kesa giri to the neck, do giri to the body, or drop to your knee cutting the uke's leg with kesa or do giri.
Uke: Shizen no kamae
Tori: Walking towards uke. At the right moment fudo ken to the stomach, shift in with an elbow strike to the chest (I forget the name of the spot), step around with the rear leg and omote shuto to the neck. Another option is to fudo ken to the stomach, elbow strike up to the chin, and elbow strike straight down to the collar bone.
Uke: Tsuki to face.
Tori: Jumonji no kamae. This was the jumonji from the koshi kihon sampo that Anthony showed at the summit. When the strike comes you move forward and to the outside to intercept the strike. Rotate to the outside using your front foot as the pivot point as you strike the face with the same hand. This movement is like one of the ichimonji moves we did earlier. A variant on this was doing a backfist strike to the face with your rear hand as you open your arms. This is the "Wolverine" kamae. You can also use your hands as if wearing shuko.
That's all I can remember at the moment. If anyone from class reads this and sees that I omitted some techniques let me know. Or if you remember something differently leave a comment. Good times.
Gambatte.
Edit: 9/05/2006
Dave emailed this.
The main point concerning the Sanshin I was trying to make:
Be aware with the switch step you can move forward or you can move
back. I think the most basic and important way for someone learning
basics is to switch step by stepping forward (meaning step back then
step forward). The back leg provides driving power coming up from the
Earth. This is not to say you cannot apply power other ways. The
other one is not wrong, just not basic _in my opinion_ . Engrain that
movement first then work on the switch step going backwards.
Kihon Happo - Ichimonji - Gyokko Ryu - circular movement - and
you
The principles of the Sanshin should feed in and prepare you for the
Kihon Happo. If you move your back leg as you strike the neck you are
abandoning a lesson from the Sanshin. The circular movement of Gyokko
Ryu is indeed still there if you are doing it correctly. A recent copy
of Ichimonji from the TenChinJin I was reading actually says to step
forward as you strike as well. If you hang your shuto strike on the
neck and spin the back leg it's like you need to use you weight for
power and this may work if you have a knife or are bigger than your
opponent. If the opponent is larger it may be better to drive with
your back leg planted. In general I think it's better to study the
'small man' Taijutsu no matter your size.
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