Komorebi
Komorebi 木漏れ日 (pronounced kō-mō-leh-bē)
Literally, “sunlight leaking through trees,” this word describes the beauty and wonder of rays of light dappling through overhead leaves, casting dancing shadows on the forest floor
On Grass evenings, especially late in the Summer, when we are on the Circle, we see the red sunset over the trees, as twilight sets in
On nights when we then go to the big field, we have a sky of clouds, stars and the moon - on some nights we have had a cloudless sky and a big full moon lighting the field
Joker has taken and shared photos on these nights, and we have made commentary on the posts about Sunset Warriors and Iga moonlit nights
When we have used the "Canopy", usually on a rainy day, and often on a rainy night, it would by nature be cloudy and dull
However when we go under the canopy when there is sun outside, we get the chance to experience Komorebi
When I was in Japan, we did a lot of outdoor training, both in fields and in the forest
Shinden Fudo Ryu is particular good for this
the battlefield conditions of Kukishinde
and of course Togakure, not only Taijutsu and Biken, but the Onshinjutsu
Experiencing Komorebi in the Japanese forest is a powerful experience, the same as watching the sunset on the mountians
I have talked before about I have been fortunate to train and see the sunrise in the Japanese mountain facing East over the Pacific, and to train and see the sunset on the California beach, facing West over the Pacific
When we spend time under the Canopy when it is sunny, depending both on the time of day and the time of year, we can experience Komorebi
We will take the time to do a couple of Gata under the Canopy in Komorebi when the chance presents
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Last night at Grass we covered KNIFE which of course has some focus on Angle 5 the Stab and it's defence
we made a reference to Notting Hill Carnival happening at the same time and the likelihood of people being stabbed there
News reports in today show 8 people were stabbed
Link to the Knife post article
shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/1830/knife-fighting-drilling-defence
ongoing, relevant, and as important as ever
this passage from the Knife post:
the news is full of reports in recent years of someone being stabbed. Not slashed - not Angle 1 or 2, not Angle 3 or 4 - but a STAB which is ANGLE 5 - a stab to the body
This tells us that this is the most likely knife attack, the one that keeps happening, and the one that the victims are not able to defend against - the ANGLE FIVE STAB TO THE BODY
Again, the Police are wearing stab proof vests - they are not wearing neck protection from Angle 1 and Angle 2 slashes - they are wearing a vest to specifically protect them from the Angle 5 stab to the body
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With the four evenings that we have counted as the Summer Camp, any further Grass evenings we do would be Autumn Season
The sun goes down earlier so most of the session sends up being dark
It gets colder so we need the hoodies, hats, and later the gloves
And we are not able to go the the ground
Once the clocks go back, that puts us into Winter Season where the nights are too dark for outdoor training
Which does not mean we can't do day sessions
Whether we do this year remains to be planned, but the option is there
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Last night we discussed the Rear Uppercut during the boxing sets
This thread about Boxing fight clips, my second post down, has the Tyson use of the Uppercut
shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/1650/favourite-boxing-matches-fighters-kos
when you are hitting the pads in Boxing Set One, Number 6, this is the ultimate effect that punch has in a real fight
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We discussed the use of the Headbutt in the Koppo last night, a KOTO Ryu gata
This is the football Zidane clip thread
shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/1618/zidane-headbutt
My notes:
The relevance here is the use of the technique - when using Zu Tsuki or Ken Kudaki in this way, to the chest the opponent goes down as if he had been hit with Irimi Nage
KOTO Ryu has some techniques which use this "chest head butt" - some people question it's authenticity - so this is a great example
It works great when the opponent is too tall for a face headbutt
Personally I had this done to me in Japan by Manaka Shihan, so can tell you first hand that it works, and it hurts - that is why I still teach it
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Forum posts with some great pictures that refer to our Outdoor training tradition
Komorebi
whitetigermartialarts.blogspot.com/2023/08/komorebi.html
Moonlit path
whitetigermartialarts.blogspot.com/2023/08/moonlit-path.html
Sunset Warriors
whitetigermartialarts.blogspot.com/2023/08/sunset-warriors.html
From Spring post:
Trained in the Circle as the sun went down, some cloud cover above meant the usual sunset over the trees
Moved to big field under a huge full moon, minimal clouds, and moonlight right across the grass
Sunset Warriors
Moonlight Shadow Warriors
This was the best start to the Summer Season, and sets the precedent for the weeks to come, if it's a moonlit night move to the big field for the second half once the sun has gone down
Walk back on the moonlit path - GETSUMI NO MICHI
Joker got some great pics which he posted to the Group, the sunset, the moon, and a pic of Venus
ONSHINJUTSU Concepts covered, and Togakure NINJA movement, based on the Sword Gata
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The original post on Silat sweeps from back in 2011
shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/639/silat-sweeps
quite brief, as a lot of those early posts were, as there
