At first glance Isshinryu Chinto Kata and Tai Chi do not appear to have much in
common.
However Tai Chi develop to the place it holds today
from its original martial tradition. One of the primary tai chi practices is
known as the practice of Push Hands, It is where the practitioner develop a
sensitivity to the opponents mistake becoming off balanced and then learning
how to use that against them. In practice there is a single hand push, a double
hand pusn, stationary practice, stepping practice and turning and stepping
practice. Each building different skills. Another version of Push Hands
practice is known as the exercise Da Lu.
What makes this more interesting is that the movements being used are found in the exact order within Chinto kata.
In fact the movements are being used to neutralize each other.
And more interesting these movements are the same ones for the initial section which are those akin to Aikido’s
Heaven and Earth Throw.Which I have already commented on.
The more we see, the more imperative
that we train harder and with more focus.
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