Koryu dai ichi randori ideas --splitting

Splitting

The first three techniques on ichi kata are outside techniques, the last two are from an inside position. Inside techniques come with the feeling of splitting. Two handed techniques are a tactile reminder that you are dealing with a two handed person.   The feeling is to split a forceful movement, or provideing two simultaneous problems that split the balance resources of  the other guy. 

                                                            

Shomenate is a splitting movement.   You deflect one hand and deal with the other.    Shomenate deals with this in the form of suppression.  The other hand doesn't take concrete form.          

                                                                                         

This morty ryu representation is a kata and not an application.  Although it is sometimes passed off as the application.  The offbalance and throw is not initiated as a splitting idea.  Uke can feel the stimulus of the back corner offbalance, he isnt split into offbalance.   It is a shomenate in principle but couldn't pass the randori test. 



I enjoy watching this lady, but her self defense application is a kata not an application.  It ignores the other hand. No splitting.    click to see it.

 Kata have peices that connect.  Every movement in a kata can't be seen as application.  Kata movements and concepts connect in application.  Its a mix and match.  Here is the splitting inside a different kata.  The hand movements look very similar to the bottle grab only no hand in the face.