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who recently started to be trained in martial arts in Pasos Téc. mae geri
my private dojo, in my house. We were training Us-
hiro Geri/TuitChagui, kick-back, as we kicked the 1
kicker; I noticedthat whenever I kicked, the impact´s 2
strength made him go backward, at least one step;
sometimes two steps backward. He is about six feet 3
tall and 200 pounds; I am five feet and for inches and
I only weight 160 pounds; such difference was not fa- 4
vorable for him. Whenever he kicked, I Inevitably felt
a strong impact on my buckler; however, he did not 5
make me go backwards: potentially, he should dou-
ble his hitting strength, but he could not. What was
happening? Were his technical levels or movements
adequate? Was he spreading his energy with his se-
micircular unnecessary movements?Was he opening
his arms and moving them in different directions?
Perhaps all these errors were limiting him to display
all his potential to kick strongly according with his
body weight. The best way to carry out the actions
of any combat discipline is not to depend on muscu-
lar strength, speed or any other physical condition;
above all, we must consider that they will lower at
some age.

It is an amazing experience to see Judo practitio-
ner’s of nearly 60 years who are still able to almost
perfectly project a younger person who doubles their
size and weight. After many years devoted to trai-
ning and improving the basic movements of this art,
they have developed the capacity to perceive, feel and
even create any weakness in their opponent´s posture
balance with a light push or pulling them ahead with
a delicate cycling movement, but in the right direc-
tion (Kuzushi/disbalance). From that moment on,
without stopping the movement of the body which
is declining already, it is a matter of, closing the dis-
tance to eliminate all the space between him and the
opponent, to transmit the energy of the movement in
a more effective way and lower the center of gravity
of his body, adding a live supporting point to the sys-
tem he created with his actions.

And all the work done! It means, with a minimum
strength but with and almost perfect use of the bio-
mechanical principles of the human body, with mi-
nimum speed, slow, but with a high sense of time
and a great perception of the right moment, the ac

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