wado_lee Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 could anyone help i have been practicing katate for a number of years and have been asked which to many must be a very simple question one that i have never really thought about Zenkutsu is a stance guiaku-zuki is the strike what is guaku stance called its bugging me help would be appriciated thanx theres no one style just your style--------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESA-Shotokan Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 I'm not sure I understand the question here... Gyaku-zuki tends to be practiced from zenkutsu-dachi, or front stance. It can be done in any other stance such as fudo-dachi or kokutsu-dachi but zenkutsu-dachi is normally where you start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasori_Te Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 I only noticed one web site that mentioned anything about a gyaku dachi. Here it is: http://www.kami-do.com/tekniqs/html/stances/gyakudachi.htm I've never heard of it. Nor have I ever stepped so low when transitioning between stances before. A block is a strike is a lock is a throw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equaninimus Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 That whole site is odd! There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wado_lee Posted March 6, 2004 Author Share Posted March 6, 2004 thanx the question was asked because we teach a slight movement back and slightly wider when striking gyaku to help enable more hip twist teaching it i was asked what is the name of the stance i know gyaku can be thrown from most stances but is there a name for the change from Zenkutsu - dachi to gyaku cheers theres no one style just your style--------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equaninimus Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 In Ohtsuka's book, it is referred to as "gyakuzuki dachi." Similarly, I never heard of "zenkutsu dachi" when doing Wado, instead referring to it as "junzuki dachi." I don't know about Wado Ryu Renmei, but JKF Wado Kai simply refers to front stances as "junzuki dachi." ther is no name change. Have you asked your instructors? There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wado_lee Posted March 6, 2004 Author Share Posted March 6, 2004 i have always refered it as either junzuki dachi and gyakuzuki dachi the only reason i mentioned zenkutsu dachi was to seperate the stance from the strike zenkutsu being the nearest match i can find my instructors have always referred as junzuki and gyakuzuki stances but they are either front punch or reverse punch no actually stances OR ARE THEY ???? theres no one style just your style--------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equaninimus Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 A close reading of the japanese text of the Ohtsuka book reveals that the differences between the two stances involve the direction of hip rotation, and the angle of the fron knee. If you can find it, the Ohgami book The Katas of Wado Ryu Karate-Do also has a detailed description of the two stances. I boughht mine when it came out in the early 1980s. I think it is only available in the UK now. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wado_lee Posted March 6, 2004 Author Share Posted March 6, 2004 ive got both books by ohgami red and black why didnt i think of that thanks but has it a name?????? theres no one style just your style--------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wado Guy Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 I was taught the stance was called gyakuzuki dachi. Fun little stance, a little ackward looking...but..man...you can generate a WHOLE lot of power from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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