March 25, 200719 yr Which knee do you go onto first when lowering yourself into seiza?Is there a reason why you do it one way and not the other?Answers on a postcard please...OsuRichard Richard Hang HongChief InstructorSeitou Ryu KarateFind me on Facebook!Seitou Ryu Karate
March 25, 200719 yr I was always taught, left...then right.Same with bowing when on knees...left---right hand..bow. Then right hand back to knee, then left hand. Im sure theres a reason somewhere I come to you with only karate.My hands are empty, but I fear no man.
March 25, 200719 yr Left then right, thats the way I was taught. Same with going from attention to ready stance and back, always left then right. When I show kids though I do them both right to left, so that they can mirror me. Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. - Nido Qubein
March 25, 200719 yr Same here... Left then right, then when you're getting up it's right then left There's no place like 127.0.0.1
March 25, 200719 yr Left then right - my sensei says its a Japanese superstition that left should go first. "They can because they think they can." - School Motto.(Shodan 11th Oct 08)
March 25, 200719 yr i heard this from T. Sengoku Sensei (kodokan, IJF), it's all related to the way samurai sit down or stand up. you go down with left so in case you have to draw the katana it won't jam on your left. same when you standing up, right goes first so the sword can be drawn easily from left side.i have seen okinawan sometimes do the opposite way.
March 25, 200719 yr i heard this from T. Sengoku Sensei (kodokan, IJF), it's all related to the way samurai sit down or stand up. you go down with left so in case you have to draw the katana it won't jam on your left. same when you standing up, right goes first so the sword can be drawn easily from left side.i have seen okinawan sometimes do the opposite way.When I was learning iaido, we did it left first for this reason. Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/
March 26, 200719 yr I'm inclined to agree left then right. And swords are the reasoning to my knowledge. "Karate is NOT about the colour of belt you wear it is about the person you become;...to be a good blackbelt is to be humble and respectful amongst other things." -Dobbersky
March 27, 200719 yr I was taught by my sensei that it's left and then right, so that's the way I do it.
March 29, 200719 yr im shocked to see so many with left knee and im the only right knee. in both schools i attend its right knee first followed by left. When practicing Nunchaku, it is best not to stand under lights....seriously; I have broken more lights that way.
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