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PUBLISHER´S MESSAGE

Kind regards to all Martial Science readers. Today I rank; it was like the Ushidenshi (intern student).
want to share a fragment published in the introduc- My master previewed the continuity of his tea-
tion of my last book under the following headline: chings on me; so, he trained me not only on the
techniques, but also the necessary pedagogical and
The Great Book of Rensoku Waza of the didactic tools for teaching martial arts.
ShinKaiDo Ryu Once, I watched him writing on large folders
which were full of columns and numbers; such at-
It has been a piece of work that points out the con- titude deeply called my attention, but I considered
tinuity of several generations and sets up a striking him so much that I never asked him about it. In
connection between our ancestors and the present another occasion, he commanded me to find some
generations. I hope it would be pleasing to you. documents from his personal wardrobe, and I saw
some folders with those odd numbers once again;
“By the 1990’s I was a young judging by the paper’s appearance and odor, they
martial artist, by that time, were very old.
Taekwondo was my grea- I was so curious about it that once, as he was
test passion. I won many painting a mural for the Dojo; in a very keen way I
combats in consecutive asked Master Eduardo:
championships because Master, how about the numbers, what are they,
of my high quality perfor- what do they mean?
mance during the compe- Without a denial, he explained it all to me.
titions. Although I moved 1-1-1 2-1-1 3-1-1 4-1-1 5-1-1 6-1-1
through different Dojos, I 1-1-2 2-1-2 3-1-2 4-1-2 5-1-2 6-1-2
always returned to my primary 1-1-3 2-1-3 3-1-3 4-1-3 5-1-3 6-1-3
martial arts school with my pri- 1-1-4 2-1-4 3-1-4 4-1-4 5-1-4 6-1-4
me Sensei Eduardo Nordelo. 1-1-5 2-1-5 3-1-5 4-1-5 5-1-5 6-1-5
He holds the degree of Ba- 1-1-6 2-1-6 3-1-6 4-1-6 5-1-6 6-1-6
chelor in Sports and Phy- Each number was the key a given technical move-
ment, thus:
sical Education. 1- Stands for Mae Geri,
Each Dojo and each 2- Stands for Kinteki Geri,
master has an 3- Stands for Yoko Geri,
outstanding prac-
titioner, who 4- Stands for Kasumi Geri,
represents 5- Stands for Mawashi Geri,
him, for 6- Stands for Ushiro Geri.
Sensei
Eduar-

do Nor- If we happen to randomly select a combina-
delo, I had that tion from the table above, the outcome in a combat