Our topics today:

  • SHOMEN-UCHI and its origins from sword movements
  • Contact exercises with and without sword
  • SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO in OMOTE, traditional Z form
  • SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO in OMOTE, short form with hip movement (Endo Sensei)
  • SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO in URA, spiral cut and pivot steps
Terms used:

Ikkyo, Shomen-Uchi, Omote, Ura