Randori philosophy and practice

Randori philosophy and practice By far the most wrongly associated with randori is the idea that it is right or friendly club competitions. It is not difficult to understand why this is so and why randori often degenerates into a Uchi Komi (repetitive fitness and fluidity of construction) or Shia (customer-oriented competition). Leave that at the outset that the term "degenerate" should not be taken to ensure that such practices (Uchi Komi and Shia) are currently lower, but they are quite distinct and separate from their activities with their own solid merits . The closest thing to randori, say in terms of tennis or squash is the "hit up", in which two players play against each other difficult, but no tag! That is to say, the idea of winning and losing, which must be removed completely from the mind, so the technique can be polished, and knowledge can be converted to instinctive physical capacity, or that you can see the effect of various tactics contextual environment full of blood, without the pressure WIN.We can not help us, most of us, after all, is human nature to enjoy the victory, and so we have a po 'to pull the rug around with a friend and a good start running. Mutters someone "good steps" and we are very pleased with ourselves, and the other guy mumbling to himself, "Dam! - How I fell for this? "Sounds familiar? Three things must happen for this process is intended to evolve into randori. . .1. Mutual benefit - randori is the perfect opportunity to hone a strong sense of ethics and good will towards your fellow altruistic on the table. No matter what you "give" in randori will be repaid many times in good friendship, respect, trust and perpetual improvement skills.2. After the lay of the above, it must not feel happy with ourselves and, instead, asked what was allowed to happen. If one because of an apparent weakness of your partner in defense, then he must be able to understand that, maybe you should continue to do so until the other had bridged the gap and does not hold up. Two of you will benefit enormously if this thinking pervades the exercise.3. After being launched, we should absolutely not be disappointed by the fall thereof. To be a great opportunity to lea something, if not our disappointment may be made to step aside for a minute and make room for egoless goal happened.If study of what are not sure what happened, it is quite in order and quite common in real randori to ask your partner to "do it again" - so you can get the same trick again and again and again until something is revealed to you. If you're not ready to fall for the same thing repeatedly, it is clear that you are going down in a Shia mentality, because you prefer to stay standing for "buy" to find out why we are able to be blocked or thrown by what the help of partners, including technique.For this reason, do not be tempted to "referee" a randori session. It shows a match, both players are expected to benefit randori, but a third player is arbitration and the allocation of points and penalties, to develop the idea that someone win this game. This is not a piece! The third player of work, if there is a third player, is to be an analyst, not an arbitrator. That is to say, he / she (most often your Sensei or other "above the belt") is there to help the players to others advice - "keep your elbows in!" - "The keep moving! "-" Relax "-" The other side, trying to change! "Similarly, if there is a method of execution for success, despite all your defenses, that happens, be discarded. If you have not been able to prevent in the first place, when it arrives, I want to prove his point, and allow you to observe the entire process, there are no points to lose. To do this, your partner is a possibility of control is the right of the mat and practice of control "and kake, an opportunity that does not appear too often in Shia, jujitsu practitioners, or in a self defense situation. The opponent (instead of "partner") will do everything in their power to prevent and control the cleaning kake, of course! Only in the proper execution of randori these opportunities to lea and to participate only randori is a good opportunity to review your ukemi and transition to working the land. Its success is an opportunity for you to study, therefore, its success should be something to start looking towards the future rather than to see how your "lost" or thrown failure.After pause for a second on the table, rather than rush before work can begin. Finally, your partner will be able to see directly in the autumn no waza, practice a smooth transition and thus give the opportunity to study this process. Later, as this improves, the openings or invitations may be reduced or eliminated at once to make the good better and faster randori transitions.Being a good partner is an art - and it applies equally to both judo and jujitsu, if well done, do not constitute a threat to the reasoning behind these two closely related disciplines. Randori, well made, dilutory does not affect the need for judo player to maintain a "game" mentality, nor weaken jujitsuka `s drivers to" take immediate, complete quickly. " The two philosophies are "winning" oriented, for the scenario of a sports competition, the other from a perspective of the defense. With the "win-lose" thinking completely removed from the equation, a mentality randori no damage or a threat in any way the state of mind necessary to go to the "competition". In fact, quite the contrary - when there is a sudden and urgent need to win, the emotions are strong and well-being (or gold) is in danger, we can not afford to think the "technical", there will be enough to worry about added value, without the burden of technical review of the last minutes. We have an opponent in the study, a strategy to implement, to show courage, emotions and "situations" of control. The treadmill of competition, or the way we want it all 's resources focused on what to do and when to do it, not as it.Contrary to popular belief, the concept of randori is not the invention of Dr. Kano, coinciding with the development of judo. Kano to refine and define the principles and randori presents the work of randori and judogi long sleeves for safety and a wider range of new shocks, but true randori was the main tool for training Hachinosuke Fukuda, Kano School teacher Shiny-Tenjin this place not Jujitsu.Where randori in most training regime? Let us reflect on five key elements of on-the-mat training and how they are fundamentally different - or more precisely how they should be different:-technical education - of course, before we know nothing about what are the foundation for education, knowledge - a technique. Most Dojos make this abundance, and many teachers and coaches, trainers, including many non-martial arts sport in May felt that if they provide a steady stream of technical education, are somehow failing to meet the needs of their students . Boxers are the least guilty of this, the emphasis is not on a thousand techniques, but with some very well.Uchi Komi - includes "fit-ins", "start to start" and repetitive combinations, counters or escapes, or chains to hold. Komi Osae is mainly a technical and manufacturer of fitness, practiced without the additional burden of philosophical / cultural or resisted. Mode "Weste" non-military sports like tennis and squash, which emphasizes the value of the repetition of the essential "parts" of a great technical set.Kata - often overlooked as a training mechanism, the word, in fact, allows the transfer of intellectual knowledge in the body of knowledge - "leaing by doing" - like the mechanics of a technique or a set of techniques and their relationship is understood in both physical and intellectual. Kata, the most important, is also used for the physical connection to the philosophical or spiritual and cultural and ethical. "Physics meditation" some have called - Tai Chi, karate and yoga students are the undisputed leader in this type of practice. How randori, there is no notion of winning or losing in word, or negative pressure on performance, as well as by operators, its obstacles. E 'on the opposite end of the spectrum Osae Komi, although some Kata and above all Yoga asanas are also physically very taxing.Randori - What word, there is no notion of winning or losing, but the other hand, as Uchi Komi is very physical. Randori requires the addition (measured) pressure side. Wrestlers and BJJ players focus on training as a randori or about something that falls between the true and moderate randori competition. For real "- Testing the theory - the bit or we hope we never have to sell if it is self-defense, it refers or, if a sports competition, the lack or the other, we see conceed or taste, depending on what we think are our chances! For jujitsukas, defense pressures can be emulated to some extent in the dojo with a sparring match shia as combative, according to the rules established for the safety and the "forbidden" techniques or in the case of judo touament judo players under IJF rules - " ; Shia "in other words. Whatever the format, however, most of the disciplines required of the method by which the skills can be validated or tested, so as to move in May. It could be argued that the martial arts in order to test this classification if they are sufficiently painful and difficult, but for many of us, could be a long time between classes, for others it is not the way in which results and others, " proof of concept is bound to improve the well-being and sense of achievement or progress. There are other ways to verify the theory of competition and more, to be sure. I don `t many touaments as Tai Chi, but I see a lot of fun healthy practitioners.So five missing from your program? Probably, his randori. "No" you reply indignation randori we set aside time for each training session. "Randori is? - Or is Shia? To an outside observer, which seems to be little difference, but these differences, while subtle, are critical.Yellow and orange belts, ask yourself, do you feel "won" your randori session with the green? If the answer is yes, then you were Shia, while the green was randoriing.Blue and brown belts, have you heard that you lose on your Sensei now? Perhaps the black belt is used to study the weaknesses of their work toward a victory. THAT'S randori! Dunstan Campbell is the author and webmaster of - a NSW Police and Citizens Youth Activity Club