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Level of Difficulty: 5th Kyu and Above - Orange Belt
Nijushiho Waza Kumite is taught to the intermediate Budoka after they have consolidated the basic techniques and material at the white and yellow belt level. Nijushiho Waza Kumite is generally taught when the student is either learning Nijushiho Kata, Wankan Kata and sometimes Pinan Yondan Kata as a suppliment.
Nijushiho Waza Kumite builds on the lessons of the Renshu Kumites and takes those lessons to the next level. It further emphasizes the light footed approach to Budo that is the hallmark of all Shorinjiryu schools. In this respect Nijushiho Waza is a very important Kumite to learn well.
Nijushiho Waza Kumite has two sections which can either be separated by a short half second pause or interlinked together without such a pause. This decision is entirely up to the instructor and many instructors practice and teach both versions. The video below includes the half second pause. Often students who are being showed Nijushiho Waza for the first time are taught to pause before the second half in order to facilitate the learning process. The pause takes place immediately after the overhead smash and Cat Wrist Block techniques after which the offensive and defensive sides assume a cat stance before proceeding onto the subsequent techniques.
The opening movements of Nijushiho Waza reinforces the thought that we do not need to escape from a technique using large body movements but often can successfully escape or avoid an offensive technique by merely shifting our weight or moving our body position ever so slightly to the side. Be conscious of this when practicing the beginning of Nijushiho Waza as new students tend to unnecessarily over-exaggerate the movement.
Further, Nijushiho Waza emphasizes the critical nature of proper timing between the offensive and defensive players. The first five moves of Nijushiho Waza require that the two players are in perfect syncronization in order for the flow to be properly executed. This flow is probably the most difficult part of this particular Kumite to master. So students should take care to fully understand when the offensive and defensive side initiate their movment and how these movements correspond and depend on the other.
Naturally as with all the material in the syllabus determination and perseverence will pay off and help the student to consolidate the knowledge contained within this exercise.
At this level of study the step-by-step nature of kumite practice should now be a thing of the past. If the student feels that the swifter movement is not developing then they might want to go back to the earlier material and focus again and review the Renshu Kumites. However, the first exchange of movements takes the intermediate student some time to master and they should not be discouraged if this mastery seems illusive at first.
Below you see Shihan Henderson and Shihan York performing Nijushiho Waza Kumite including the proper entrance along with the proper bowing form. Notice that both the formal bow and fighting bow are performed. Also notice that there is an offensive and defensive side to the kumite, as with all kumites, and that the offensive side (Shihan York) moves forward while the defensive side (Shihan Henderson) moves back. At the end of the Kumite, the footing is reversed so that the players are positioned roughly in the same position from where they began. This is an important element in the correct performance of Kumite practice. Also notice that the Kumite starts off in a Cat Stance whereas the earlier Gohono Kumites began with the Horse Stance.
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Nijushiho Waza Kumite
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