> Dear Wadoka,
>
> Following the kumite gata and the kihon kumite articles, which have
> been undoubtedly an inspiration to everyone.
> Wado inashi is a type/kind of yakusoku kumite which is also clearly
> based on all important budo concepts and principles of eg kumite gata
> like noru, inasu, nagasu etc. I think it is even going one step
> further...., apparantly the kawashi element in inashi is a kempo
> tactic: sorimi, hinerimi (nagashizuki)..... A number of these subtle
> Japanese budo ideas come from kenjutsu (jikishinkage ryu...) on which
> shiraha dori and perhaps even tanto dori is based.

Is inashi not a concept or so, which contains inasu, nagasu, noru...?

A concept of movement?
> Does anyone know where to find detailed information about eg shiraha
> dori and inashi?

Shinken Shiraha Dori is the same as Tachi Tori, which is Sword Defense.
(unarmed against the Sword)

> Turning to the ingenious okinawan part of tode, which blended into
> wado, I think it is important not to forget tanren training through
> kata and training tools like makiwara, chishii, chashi etc. I clearly
> feel it is helping to make techniques flow in a very relaxed way and
> generating tremendous power when it should. I read

I'm not sure. I would think, Makiwara is more for hard and powerfull punches
as in Goju Ryu and other Styles,
and i think not, that we in Wado Ryu should do the things this way.
(This means not, that a WadoKa shouldn't use the makiwara.)

When the relaxed and flowing techniques will be better (more relaxed und
flowing) with makiawara.. then it's ok.
Chishii and chashi... what is this?

> an 'article'/account about tanren kata sanchin, which used to be part
> of the wado curriculum of Mochizuki (a long time ago, but it was
> quite educational), mentioning that naihanchi is shuri te 's (and in
> my view consequently wado 's) tanren kata.
> I ask myself if naihanchi can be practised like sanchin, with total
> concentration on power and breathing, shime waza (a partner who
> checks tension, balance etc) like in goju ryu eg. Does anyone have
> any ideas, background information, sources on this?

I think we should look, that we not use and take all ideas from Shuri Te (or
Okinawa Te),
because some princples are not the same as in japanese Bujutsu.



Alex