My boxing coach does emphasize precision and "cleanliness" while striking but here the whole concept is definetely different. With the correct connexion, wherever you hit, the impact is going to be felt very deeply as the strikes do penetrate inside the body as I described above. Having been several times on the receiving end of those strikes, I can only attest that I have never ever been in a position to just stand toe to toe with Akuzawa Sensei even though I outweigh him by some 30 Kg.
The same can be said about joint locks. In the various classical Japanese schools, the level of precision in the locks is nearly surgical and, more than often, the devil is in the details and those locks are both powerful and painful. In Aunkai, there are no such technical subtelties, you "receive" so to speak the structure and you are downed even before you can realize it. I got kotegaeshi'ed last year and could take a safe fall, my buttock hit the wooden floor so hard that I believed it was injured
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The day after, a tomoe nage coming out of nowhere made me fall on my butt again, I was lucky enough to land on tatami mats this time. Thinking of it now, it is very funny but back then.........
Again, the whole concept is different. Please note that by saying different, I do not imply better or superior than other methods or concepts.
The first thing to learn in Aunkai is to sit, stand up and walk "correctly", then move on. Basically, Akuzawa Sensei just moves and applies the frame he has developped throughout the years. It might sound crazy but that is the way it is.
See where there is no shape, hear where there is no sound.
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