hengi are the archetypal taido techniques, defending and countering simultaneously by changing the orientation of the body axis. here i have simply listed the defining characteristics and some examples of hentai technique. doko 5 kai hentai unpu – imagine clouds changing direction. feel your head being pushed toward the ground, pivoting about your hips. kihatsu…
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rather than simply pointing out flaws, i’ve always been of the opinion that we should present better alternatives. i feel that the exercises i will outline below can lead students to develop a better method of breathing for taido. i find that these exercises lead to a very natural way of breathing while moving that is highly adaptable to taido technique (adaptation being one of the five tenets of taido’s philosophy). because i want to encourage others to experiment with these exercises (and because providing evidence that the current theory is inadequate is tedious), i will first present my “better alternative” before attempting to nitpick shukumine sensei’s method in a later article.
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