
Dear Canna sensei…
In any prearranged set, there will be a tendency to place blocks and strikes
where they're "supposed to go" because each side "knows what comes next".
Perhaps a few folks don't get much beyond that stage of technical
proficiency.
I'm sure we all know (in various styles or systems)
practitioners -- some of them highly-ranked -- who fall apart in a real
situation because what's "supposed to come next"... doesn't...
The final goal to a prearranged set is a free-flowing
unchoreographed-looking fight sequence that acts with, not reacts to, the
"attacker".
Kicks and punches will, as an end result, come out with natural
unrestrained speed and fluidity, and the blocks and counters will flow
simultaneously, not placing before or reacting to the "attacks".
The theory
looks easy on paper, but in reality is quite difficult. The older-style
Renzoku Kumite is much beyond an elementary level. As soon as we think we've
"got it", we enter the next level of advancement!
Question: Gordi-san is renzoku done with tai-sabaki movements?
Answer
I hope this helps.We don't use the term tai-sabaki, which means "body pivoting or turning".
We use "tai-kawashi" which means "move the body around" as in a circular
fashion around and away from the attacker.
The definitions seem to be the
same but they aren't. Tai-sabaki is used with intent to engage and is
devastating in sport fighting.
Tai-kawashi is used with intent to disengage
from an attack, countering only as a final option, and is unsuitable for
sport fighting.