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The way Sigung Steve described it to me, is that you pivot on every part of each foot.
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I have actually been able to learn things from the “old masters” because of this attitude. All the young Asian students insist on learning the traditional “movie” way (bow a lot, never ask questions, etc.), but the old masters want their students to explore, examine, question. People have been willing to teach things to me that they never would have shared with a round-eye, just out of desperation.I genuinely think the U.S. will be at the forefront of the future growth of the martial arts.Peace and Hormat,Mas Jonty
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The great thing about this art is the fact that it changes for the practitioner rather than the practitioner force learning something that is unnatural to them. As far as stance and turning is concerned, it all depends on weight distribution during movement. As Art said, it could be any area of the foot and its good to train this way. Similar to Shaolin plum blossom pole traing or even foot sensitivity training used in Ninjutsu. In this system “every” part of the body can be used as a weapon or a tool. Happy training
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That's a good point Travis.
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Hello everyone. Im reviving this thread to bring in a bit of info from my first KTS teacher, Randall Goodwin.
Strategically speaking, the place one will turn on the foot will affect his distancing (particularly in kicking scenarios). If one turn on the heal, his body central line will remain at the same place and he will simply rotate around his current vertical axis. But if one is turning on the ball of the foot, his vertical axis will also move horizontaly the same length as the space between the ball of the foot and the heal. I hope my explanation is clear.
Have a great day.
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