Guest Posted August 4, 2003 Posted August 4, 2003 In my example gravity is the force trying to 'uproot' you from the ceiling, so to speak. If you were gripping the floor instead, then gravity represents the guy trying to lift you up.
Sauzin Posted August 4, 2003 Posted August 4, 2003 Under my sensei we turn on the ball of our foot in all circumstances except for one. Moving from a front stance to squat stance "shiecodachi", which traditionally is what a true "gidan barai" is performed from. So if you are in a zencusudachi and you turn around into another zencusudachi then you would turn on the ball of the foot. However if you were moving from a front stance to a squat stance (necessary for a true gidan barai) then the back foot would rotate out on the heel. This is the case in Goju's superempei just before the spinning crescent. This would not give you a complete 180 though, if you wanted this you would still need to turn around on the ball of the foot. The only two things that stand between an effective art and one that isn't are a tradition to draw knowledge from and the mind to practice it.
GrrrArg Posted August 5, 2003 Posted August 5, 2003 Right, lifting up it doesn't make much of a difference no, but anyone trying to push you out of stance will find it harder if you are gripping the floor.
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