When you do the hangetsu-barai-uke kick, someone has a hold of your arm and you kick their arm breaking their hold; both are forward leading Okinawa 1995.
Makishi Sensei
As soon as the hands start going up, your butt is on the move out, feet are stationary. Okinawa 1995
Going into the gedan shotei-uke (crane move) hands are in the armpits, take two steps, look, and drag back 45°, the foot slides along the floor first, before coming up. The blocks and the leg end at the same time. The lower block hand is totally flat toward the floor, arm is completely straight and locked, and very close to the thigh. When you're coming up for this block the arms sweep inside one another before they close into position, so arms wind up doing full covering by a full circle. Okay, here is different than I learned: you take both steps then do all three moves; block, palm turnover, punch-punch, as one count. Okinawa 1995
On the strike to the groin, don't yank up your right shoulder and arm to wham in the strike, simply from previous position set it in hard. Okinawa 1995
Kiai on the gedan shotei-ate double palm strike which in application is to the two sides of the lower abdomen. Okinawa 1995
On the hangetsu-barai-uke, remember that the "kick" to break the hold is not a roundhouse circle, but around then straight down to the floor. Okinawa 1995
On the closing, from the left hand shuto-uke out, the right hand at solar plexus moves, glides up to height of fingers of shuto-uke hand - butt is out, so gliding up - and all in one motion. As it becomes level start setting hands down - as they come down, butt is drawing up straight and smooth. Okinawa 1995
On the first move the arms don't open to wider, keep them the same and tighten your armpits. Don't move your feet. Okinawa 1999
Kamae, move butt slowly. Don't lift the elbows and don't raise the height of the hands, but do open wider, and don't move the feet. Okinawa 1999
On the first move, as with all lower knife-hand blocks, the inside hand should land at the level of the belly button. Okinawa 1999
On the second move, as your turn and block, do this slowly. First palm is up, then turn over with contact and slide it back maybe 2-3 inches, then boom with the pull/punch. Okinawa 1999
When walking with arms in pits, walk slowly, as if in the dark. Okinawa 1999
When doing the gedan shotei-uke crane move, slide foot in before bringing it up. Okinawa 1999
When doing the gedan shotei-uke series, you must use slide-back with the front foot. Then lift the leg fast and high, but don't turn it so much that you couldn't return a kick. Okinawa 1999
After the gedan shotei-uke, step forward with a slight spring on the first step, then remember to turn the palm over before the double punches. Okinawa 1999
After the first series, when you go into jigotai-dachi mid-down strike, you are missing an open hand with left hand then punching with the right. Okinawa 1999
After the gedan shotei-ate palm strike, a little spring-step back. Okinawa 1999
When doing tomoe-zuki double punches, head stays high and gets low when the punches hit the mass. Okinawa 1999
On the tomoe-zuki double strikes, first the foot finds the spot, then drop height and strike. Okinawa 1999
When you kick your hand in the hangetsu-barai-uke, you should keep your hand stationary and not start to turn your body yet. Okinawa 1999
On the last two shuto moves are on a straight line. Okinawa 1999
Has 12 counts. Okinawa 1999
On the first move, the butt moves out with the hands rising and elbows sinking, elbows slightly to the inside. Osaka Temple 2000
Break the first part of slide down wrist; you need to slide a bit, not just turn your hand over. Osaka Temple 2000
Make sure your gedan shotei-ate is gedan. Osaka Temple 2000
On the closing, don't stick your butt out too far; keep it natural and smoothly straighten the koshi as the hands come down. Osaka Temple 2000
Counts for Rohai. Osaka Temple 2000
After last gedan shotei-uke to nekoashi-dachi/makite-uke/, it is all one count until you finish the double-punch (ichi).
Ni is ready position, search with foot, tomoe-zuki.
San is ready position, search with foot, tomoe-zuki, and slide into torite-uke.
In the application of the hangetsu-barai-uke breaking opponents hold on your arm, the impact should be straight down, not to the side. It is also okay to break by swinging the leg over opponents arm and down, instead of the foot contacting the arm. Osaka Temple 2000
Higa Sensei
Opening move: Preston Sensei was too close to the body. Elbows 6-8" from body, 2/3 up before you start to bend. No "old lady"; keep the back straight, and screw it in. Osaka Temple 2000
More power on the makite-uke. Osaka Temple 2000
On the gedan shotei-uke. Osaka Temple 2000
Make a distinct look before sliding back into the technique
The legs need to come in to the body before torquing up. No good to bring the leg up from the original position
The support leg bends on torque, then up all together. Lots of koshi, like winding up a spring (Makishi notes koshi should be more natural, should happen but not be seen)
On the hangetsu-barai-uke, make sure to finish clearing the opponent's hand with your foot before spinning around. Don't let your arm lead you around before the hand is cleared. Osaka Temple 2000
From last shuto-uke to finish position, no "old lady". The right foot comes next to left foot and then out. (See Makishi note). Osaka Temple 2000
Tamaki Sensei
On the opening move, hands at the end position are not straight, they are ever so slightly turned out - this is up to the style of the practitioner. Okinawa 1995
He lectured on an important concept, when you do the "crane move"(gedan shotei-uke) typically one tends to focus power on stance and head area - however we need to make a "contraction" in the midsection/tanden, sucking it in. That is where the focus should be - a drawing in effect should occur. Okinawa 1995
When doing the kick-while-turning, don't let the right arm fly loose; it should remain in the armpit all the way until you finish the turn. Okinawa 1995
Shinjo Sensei
On the crane move, on the lower block the beginning of it, the elbow should drop straight down before lower half of arm does the palm block. Okinawa 1995
Priest
A Priest came to the dojo and looked at my searches, my elbow/arm should be 45° (like shuto-uke angle).
