It is very important that students of Wado use these three movements together. To neglect any one of these factors will make the practicioners movement ineffective. Practicing them as a whole movement (Sanmi - Ittai) enables the student to avoid the greater force, with the most economical use of their own, with no wasted time
Teni
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Change position.
Tentai
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Change form.
Tengi
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Change technique
Irimi
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(The action of entering)
Nagasu, Inasu, Noru
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The arts of Nagasu, Inasu and Noru are some of the most important characteristics to be found in the Wado - Kai Kihon Gumite and Kumite Gata.
Nagasu
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Body evasion or flowing movement used against the attacker.
Inasu
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Counter attacking simultaneously or attacking as your opponent starts to attack, using the attackers body weight energy to break his/her balance, attacking or counter attacking combined with the art of Nagasu.
Noru
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Not to resist your opponents attack but to blend with it, using your own body weight movement to unbalance your opponents posture. Noru can be described as a supple bamboo in a storm. The Bamboo stalk will bend in the wind but spring back when the opening occurs
Part of the holistic development of the martial arts
is indeed always striving to move forward, knowing that usually the
practitioner can get by on what th...
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