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Dan Smith Dan Smith, Hanshi – Seibukan Shorin-ryu Karate Understanding the difference between compression and tension is essential to understanding how power is produced, expressed, and preserved in Shorin-ryu karate. Although both involve muscular activity and force within the body, they function in fundamentally different—and often opposing—ways. Compression refers to the inward and downward organization […]
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