Reference to the Hips- engine area of the body
Shotokan : -exaggerate the hips-learn big movement first
-learn small movement with training
- should learn to contain hips by not showing so much movement but still have the same power if not more.
-You develop efficiency and better timing when hips and transitioning movements work together
Goju: -contain the hips
-due to shomen posture for mostly all the goju techniques, the exaggerated hip movements are not exercised.
-hips are not stressed except for when gripping or contracting in your stances.
Cross training- do Shotokan and your goju will look different, and vise versa.
-exaggerated hip movements are influenced and exercised due to hanmi posture.
-learn small movement with training
- should learn to contain hips by not showing so much movement but still have the same power if not more.
-You develop efficiency and better timing when hips and transitioning movements work together
Goju: -contain the hips
-small movement
-due to shomen posture for mostly all the goju techniques, the exaggerated hip movements are not exercised.
-hips are not stressed except for when gripping or contracting in your stances.
Cross training- do Shotokan and your goju will look different, and vise versa.
Be able to switch between the two to where nobody can distinguish your major/minor. If the big (engine) contains the small, and the small contains the big, you will learn to use the hips in a different way, and should realize that they are one in the same.
Explanation: Coming from a Shotokan major, going into Goju I had to learn to contain my hips from exaggerated movements. I desired to be able to look Goju when I'm doing goju and look Shotokan when doing Shotokan.
Explanation: Coming from a Shotokan major, going into Goju I had to learn to contain my hips from exaggerated movements. I desired to be able to look Goju when I'm doing goju and look Shotokan when doing Shotokan.
The more I trained myself not to show too much hips in Goju, and began to learn to contain the big in the small, I realized that I could get the same power if not more in a much more efficient time.
It also made my Goju look different and made me much faster because I understand and know how to exercise the hip principles, even though they are not stressed in this particular style. And again, practicing Goju made my Shotokan look different and feel different because I learned to contain the big in the small.
Between transitions also referring to contraction and expansion), I began to develop speed, power, timing, quickness and explosiveness.
TY 8/5/12
