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FORM
6.
1-2. Stand facing your partner at a distance of
about 3.5 meters. You, the tori, should be on the
right as seen lrom the joseki. Turn and bow to the
joseki, then bow to each other.
3-6. Slowly approach your partner with ayumiashi,
starting with your left foot, raising your right
7. 8.
palm as you go. Continue forward on a slight angle
to your left until your right foot almost touches his,
then place your palm gently on his chest, your
thumb out to the side.
7-8. Take a step lorward with your lelt foot and
push him back with the thumb side of your right
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FORM 2
The five forms in Itsutsu no Kata are identified only by number. (Professor
Kano died before giving them names.) They are meant not only
to demonstrate the principle of maximum efficiency, but also to be evocative
of the movements of the universe.
On completion of Form 5, you return to your original poSitions, bow to
each other and in the direction of the joseki.
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