The Japanese word Kamae means stance it also means attitude
the meaning of this is that your emotional attitude determines your stance and your resulting technique
fire - jumonji - boxing stance and punches
water - ichimonji - savate stance and kicks
the 8 standing postures
Shizen - natural - earth
ichimonji - water figure one
dokko - water - tiger
hicho - crane - water
jumonji - fire - cross
kosei - fire - attacking
hira - wind - recieving
hoko - bear - wind
the 3 ne za - ground postures
fudoza - immovable seat
seiza - true seat - kneeling
shikko - one knee
Applying the Godai in combat starts with the kamae, the physical manifestation of your emotional state -
this will determine how you move and what your techniques will be
Earth - confidence - natural stance - shizen tai
Water - fear - ichimonji - side to side movement
Fire - anger - jumonji - forward movement
Wind - compassion - hira - circular movement
Void - creativity
The thread on the GODAI:
shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/280/godai-elements
Any KAMAE can and should be related to one of the Elements
With MUTODORI the KAMAE, by their nature, are Defensive, as we are Unarmed against a Sword
HIRA - move like WIND to Ichimonji where we become WATER and escape
ICHIMONJI - Be like WATER
JUMONJI - FIRE - Yes, we are Angry, and we express this, but we need the Defensive leap first
Though we don't use KURAI DORI formally in the GYOKKO Ryu, it is the basis for the KOTO Ryu, taking the Stance, taking the position, taking the Attitude
Kyū Kamae, 九構 – nine stances
Fudōza, 不動坐 – Immovable seating stance
Shizen no Kamae, 自然の構 – Natural stance
Hira Ichimonji no Kamae, 平一文字の構 – flat straight line stance
Ichimonji no Kamae, 一文字の構 – Straight line stance
Doko no Kamae, 怒虎の構 – Angry tiger stance
Hichō no Kamae, 飛鳥の構 – Bird stance
Hōko no Kamae, 抱圍の構 – Bear stance
Kōsei no Kamae, 攻勢の構 – Fog creating stance
Jūmonji no Kamae, 十文字の構 – Cross fighting posture
