Isometric Kihon's Jo Dan Uke #5

Jo Dan Uke...the rising block / perry / strike / release / containment / throw. We will be training to get the most out of this technique and its full range of motion. Remember that basic techniques have more than one application and practicing these isometric exercises will hopefully have you feel more of you behind your basic techniques. A technique doesn't work on its own. The individual needs to make it work. You, me, us, we need to have as much of our body behind it as possible to make it as effective as a human being can possibly make it especially if you are a small-framed person, compared to a larger person. Start slow and go to your own range of motion and your own personal abilities. Just be careful and go slow! This is not a hard, jerking, snapping motion. This is a slow, gradual, increasing effort for us to consciously feel and understand what muscles are firing and engaging and how the body is being our foundation while we are putting stress and load under a certain muscle and technique. A special thanks to my family for putting up with me as I work through these isometric exercises in the living room over the last few months and to my students in class that I used as test subjects to see if I can convey the feeling I'm getting when I do these exercises to them. I want to say thank you to Eri at Stockkanji.com for the beautiful hand painted kanji, Tracey and my son Aaron for their editing skills for creating the bumper. Thank you! I appreciate all your hard work and efforts. Peter