Shiro Kuma
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...individual techniques? Some technique names are pretty straightforward; mae-geri and de-ashi-barai, for instance, literally describe what the technique primarily consists of. But of course the martial art world, even outside of fiction, has its share of fancy names: tenchi-nage (heaven and earth throw), yama-arashi (mountain storm), ganseki-otoshi (boulder drop), uns? (cloud hands), etc., etc.
Now, many practitioners simply treat these as an exotic string of hard-to-pronounce syllables. In your opinion, should understanding what a form's/technique's name really means (especially the less-straightforward ones) be part of training?
Now, many practitioners simply treat these as an exotic string of hard-to-pronounce syllables. In your opinion, should understanding what a form's/technique's name really means (especially the less-straightforward ones) be part of training?