Genkaku is probably the most-reviled rule in tournament Taido. Players hate it. Judges hate it. In fact, most judges never force genkaku in jissen. Many tournaments explicitly forbid it. I don’t think genkaku is all bad, but it’s definitely not my favorite part of jissen. I’m more into the meat — the part that involves hitting people. However,…
A few days ago, I got an email from one of the students in my email coaching program, and I thought it was worth sharing. I’ve got a question about this week’s Taido tip, you mentioned that the back should be straight during ebi geri. Why is this, what is the advantage (other than bringing your head in…
In my last post, Bad Calls in Taido Tournaments, I charged that we have too many bad calls in Taido tournaments and that this has many negative impacts for our art. In order to illustrate my point, I displayed a video taken from the most recent Taido World Championship. The video seemed to strike a nerve with a lot of…
From the 2009 world Taido championships: Kanaeko, the Japanese player, received a score for a kick which obviously missed his opponent. Antti, the Finnish player, displayed much better movement during the match, yet lost on a bad call. Adding insult to injury, Kaneko went on to win first place and yet another gold medal.
This poll ended up running a little longer than I had planned, but the cool side benefit is that it gave more people time to vote and share their opinions. Let’s Make Taido Fun I think Taido is crazy fun to do, and I don’t seem to be the only one. At the seminar for rainbow belts prior…
