Soke Inoue Yoshimi - How to move your centre of mass - Seminar Italy 2013

Soke Inoue Yoshimi, Rika Usami's legendary master, explains how to move the body centre of mass during transitions between different Karate stances. He presents three cases: 1) transition between stances with same height. In this case, the centre of mass doesn't move vertically and the practitioner must be quick in shifting his body weight from back to front leg, before performing any rotations or techniques. 2) Transition from high to low stance: in this case, the centre of mass should go down first and then move horizontally. 3) Transition from low to high stance: in this case, the centre of mass should go up first and then move horizontally. In addition (5:20), the upper body should always be perpendicular to the ground (with some rare exceptions, for example in kata Saifa and Enpi).

In the second part of the video (6:20), Soke Inoue discusses how the energy flows from the feet through the lower limbs, the upper body, and then reaches the arms. To improve speed, the practitioner should focus his attention on the posterior leg, rather than on the arm performing the technique. Only in this way can he achieve maximum speed and stability in his movements. Ultimately, balance, speed and timing are strongly correlated, and a mistake in one area will affect the other two.

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I recorded this video during Soke Inoue's seminar held in Caorle (Venice, Italy) on 18-20 October 2013. The seminar was organized by Sensei Francesco Favaron, founder of Inoue-Ha Shito-Ryu Italy:
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Thanks to Sara Vacca for the simultaneous interpretation in Italian.

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