Say, Seoinage was my first Masterclass book. I li...

2008-01-04T02:58:00.000-05:00

Say, Seoinage was my first Masterclass book. I liked not only the instruction but the bit of historical perspective.

I keep dreaming about getting this old body to do good seoinage again. Standing morote was by far my tokuiwaza back in the day. I could blather on and on about it, but I'll just make one suggestion, for what it's worth.

The squat-and-turn exercise is a great one to practice dropping the butt, and pushing off explosively with the legs. But for addressing the straight-back issue (something I've been wanting to work on myself), I would want to be pulling on something like an inner tube while doing the exercise. It doesn't have to be real fast or with a lot of force at first -- just enough so it starts to feel like it's pulling you backward. This way you can learn to adjust to the resistance using abs and arms, and not by bending at the waist. It's partly strength but partly coordination and confidence that you don't need to bend at the waist to get pull.

Just one patzer's opinion in the wee hours of the morning. :)

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Say, Seoinage was my first Masterclass book. I li...