Here is a Budo Taijutsu sensitivity and movement drill. Very nice!
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Very nice, I did not know Budo Taijutsu did this. This is what we are trying to develop in CMA with Tuishou. At higher levels Tuishou moves around pretty fast and yo ucan get hit or thrown. Talking tradtional Taijiquan this is VERY similar to the 2 person set and you can find simialr two person training in many CMA styles
Hi Tim,
Not many do this in Budo Taijutsu but I have been to a few dojo’s that have some thing like this. We also have this in IRT! It is definitely a great drill for senstivity and movement!
When you say sensitivity training does that include training to absorb and/or redirect force?
Absolutely! Getting used to the opponent/partner’s movement and redirecting/absorbing and moving to a position of advantage. Yet, you leave the opponent a way out at the end (you do not finalize) so they can counter and then the drill continues! It is very much like CMA pushing hands with emphasis to movement with locks, throws, etc. Yet of course it is different! 😉
Does it ever get to a point where you don’t leave your opponent a way out and he/she has to find one if possible in this type of drill?
Can you explain the drill a little more? I’m not quite getting it…
Hey Tim,
Once in awhile you finalize and complete maybe towards the end. During the course of the drill as I do it you leave an opening and they have to figure a way out.
Jim,
It is simply you start with a punch or any technique and then move into locks while flowing and being sensitive to what the partner is doing. Then the partner finds a way out and moves to a lock or throw and you continue on. Now in IRT the main thing I focus on with the drill is that the partner does not use defensive movement that would hurt them during their escape. We will also utililze rolls, etc. to get out of it and then come back into it with a strike. Hope that helps!
I’m going to have to give that a try… Sounds like an informative exercise.