Basic Posture 2

In Basic Posture, I wrote:

1. Slightly tuck your chin.
2. Lower your shoulders.
3. Squeeze your lats.
4. Tuck your koshi.
5. Slightly bend your knees.

I would like to add:

1. Keep your elbows close to your body.
2. Shift your weight in the direction you will move, then move.
3. Protect your sechusen (centerline).
4. Move as if on a tightrope.
5. Move from place to place at a walking pace -- time your strikes and blocks to arrive when you get there.
6. Squeeze out your air -- almost all of it, but not quite -- in synch with the timing of your strike or block.
7. Hit on the recoil of your koshi.
8. Recover the energy/power of the recoil for the next movement.
9. Train to move freely in any direction.
10. Kicks and strikes are like stabbing.

Respectfully,

Charles C. Goodin