Soke Inoue Yoshimi - Counter-rotations: "This is whip" - Seminar Italy 2013

For Soke Inoue Yoshimi (Rika Usami's legendary master), having good technique means knowing how to use the body. Repetition without proper technique may improve fitness, however it doesn't improve the technical execution. When performing upper body techniques such as punches and blocks, the muscles around the scapula (shoulder blade), clavicle and humerus must be relaxed to achieve maximum power. While beginners tend to focus their attention on their hands, more advanced practitioners should concentrate on the origin point of these movements, i.e. their shoulders.

All movements performed by the human body (and, therefore, all techniques in Karate) are combinations of rotations around different joints. For example, a tsuki (punch) may look like a linear movement, but it is actually the combination of 3 rotations around the shoulder, elbow and radioulnar joints. To maximise power, all these circular movements should be performed without interruption, from start to finish of the technique. To unlock the shoulder rotation, this joint should be moved slightly anteriorly rather than posteriorly during the execution of upper body techniques.

To increase power and kime, Soke Inoue explains how to perform synchronised counter-rotations of the arms relative to the pelvis, a concept he denotes as "whip" (10:15). Depending on the technique, counter-rotations of the arms can occur on the transverse or on the coronal plane. However, the pelvis should only rotate on the transverse plane.

In the last part of this video, Soke Inoue demonstrates how all the above concepts can be applied to the kata Suparimpei, performing some sequences from the kata and the correspondent bunkai.

Watch the other videos of Soke Inoue's seminar in this playlist and share the Karate knowledge!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMqkOC_yn1IQKzLfYH_kaPdd2ga7KLta

I recorded this video during Soke Inoue's seminar held in Caorle (Venice, Italy) on 18-20 October 2013. The seminar was organized by Sensei Francesco Favaron, founder of Inoue-Ha Shito-Ryu Italy:
https://www.facebook.com/InoueHaShitoRyuItalia

Thanks to Sara Vacca for the simultaneous interpretation in Italian.

© 2013 Virtual Sensei

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