Between the first two moves, let your arms drop halfway, not kept up, or completely down, but half way. Okinawa 1995
After the kosa-dachi uraken-uchi, going to the nekoashi-dachi chudan-uke, it is not a full pivot. The right foot sets up about six inches left to set up for the pivot. Okinawa 1995
The kick/punch should be at the same time and not one-two, then elbow. Okinawa 1995
On double punches, you need to time them as double punches, with no hesitation between them. Not one then two, but one-two. Okinawa 1995
The smash knee up, there's no reaching for the neck. From the supported block, it's straight down, palms down, knee up. Okinawa 1995
Makishi Sensei
On the jodan uchi-shuto-ate the shoulders should be at 45°, not straight. Okinawa 1995
Cover your temple in the first move, wrap hand to cover temple as fast as you punch-is as fast as non-punching hand drives back-also in shuto the non-active hand should be as fast as the outer shuto hand, both should be even speed, one as fast as the other. Okinawa 1995
First move high block is 45° covering head. Okinawa 1995
Third move palm on right hand shouldn't be visible to you, so not facing up, but perpendicular. Okinawa 1995
Support block, supporting hand the arm should contact your ribs and stomach to hold structure tight. Okinawa 1995
On the strike/kick, no dropping it to torque out as Kromka teaches it - just from original placement out. Okinawa 1995
Application: when you do the kick/punch-spring-elbow, the opponent is coming at you and he winds up right foot/right punch out to your "coming" left punch/kick. Your left arm is actually blocking their oncoming punch, but also it is a strike as well. Then you also have them open for your oncoming elbow. Okinawa 1995
When the elbow strikes, the foot drops and the body weight shifts to 60/40, and it all happens at the same time, very fast, and gravity centerline down, stops. Okinawa 1995
Shuto-ate strike shoulders 45° and high block 45°. Okinawa 1995
Floppy wrist on the uraken-uchi. Okinawa 1995
Take extremely small step for the pivot turn after back uraken-uchi. Okinawa 1995
No hesitation on the double punches. Okinawa 1995
Strike knee up to chest, hands don't go out to neck then down - just immediately down, the right knee is up. Orient body for 45° left foot cat stance forward 45°, right step forward 45° last shuto-uke. Okinawa 1995
When you do the smash/knee/move, your right knee comes up, now don't let your body spring/slide back when you turn and pivot. Make sure your gravity centerline stays at the same position, then turn and stick out that left foot for a regular forward cat stance step, then finish with another forward step. Okinawa 1995
The footwork for the final shuto-ukes; right leg in air, turn and set, left leg out 45° forward, then from there the left foot stays and right leg goes out forward one step 45°. Okinawa 1995
The third move, the gedan kosa-uke criss-cross block in zenkutsu-dachi, the top hand/arm palm should not be face down, but facing thumb wrist side up.(like the down punch) and from the crossing down - length of arm/hands should be equal. Okinawa 1998
For the kick/punch-spring-elbow series, 2 changes:
don't set up your arm for a target then elbow, this winds up breaking the move into two counts when it should be a timing of one. So by the time you land you should have executed the elbow and slap as one move.
in addition you should not be in nekoashi-dachi, but in a modified nekoashi-dachi, but where the weight shifts to 50/50 on each leg with both feet flat. Okinawa 1998
After the second of these series, as you turn to do the jodan uchi-shuto-ate, two corrections:
don't drop the right arm as it comes out to block, so don't dip and come up on the block, it should be level.
the arm coming to cover the forehead should not be a soft move, should be hand with a snap of or turn over of the wrist much the same as a high block. Okinawa 1998
Toward the end, you're in a morote soe-uke zenkutsu-dachi supported block, going into the hisa-ate, when palms turn over - first they're palm up, than as you lift the right knee, the palms come straight down and flip over, fingers should curve up with the palm being first to hit the target. For the turning, your right knee is lifted, the left foot will not move from its x,y position, but will spin on ball. Now with leg lifted, set down the right foot stepping out at 45° and then spin on balls of both feet, and do the shuto-uke. Okinawa 1998
First high block is in the front, not to the side. Okinawa 1999
Set up for punch/kick-elbow, punch must turn in from 45° angle, and not flat. Okinawa 1999
After the second elbow then shuto and kick, spring forward! Then floppy uraken-uchi and one count, right foot must adjust and step over but in one count. Okinawa 1999
Uraken-uchi needs a floppy wrist. Okinawa 1999
After the elbow. That flat arched block should not be too circular, but should be somewhat straight. Okinawa 1999
Kiai move, don't rebound head back, just hands down until elbows straight at the same time as the knee comes up, as if breaking a bamboo stick over the knee. One fist is set up for this move, so raise the right fist to the level of the left, but don't open your hands. From fists go straight down! Only open the fists at the end of the move.&
On opening moves make sure fingers are tight. Osaka Temple 2000
Third move, gedan kosa-uke, equal distance of arm/fist below the crossing, and low enough to block a kick at correct position. Osaka Temple 2000
On the kick/punch, the punch needs to block in a way that pops their punch upwards, then spring in with the quick hiji-ate elbow. Osaka Temple 2000
After the second hiji-ate, make sure your kosa-dachi is totally closed with no holes between legs. Osaka Temple 2000
No spring into the kosa-dachi/uraken-uchi move. Just kick and step down naturally. Okinawa 2003
During the transition from the hisa-ate (kiai) move to the shuto-uke, set the right foot down in the correct position to turn into nekoashi-dachi. Do not move the left foot. Okinawa 2003
Shinjo Sensei
I asked him about the standing punch/spring/cat stance/elbow - your armpit fist arm should remain there and not drop forward (Kromka) to get extra power. Okinawa 1998
Arikaki Sensei
The set up move for the spring forward nekoashi, hiji-ate when you are standing, the arm that lays over the chest should not be 45° but more like a square punch, still lays close but straight/perpendicular. Okinawa 1995
Higa Sensei
Opening two moves: when moving from first double shuto (jodan uchi-shuto-uke) to second, leave hands there, don't go back the ready position in between. Okinawa 2003
After second spring elbow, next move jodan uchi-shuto-uke; this move kick missing right hand palm block turn hand over (after the kosa-dachi, make sure there is a palm block between the mae-geri and the uraken). Okinawa 2003
For KC: fix oi-zuki/kick combo. Higa Sensei didn't like my timing or the path of travel on oi-zuki
After the uraken, be sure to shift right foot before pivoting
