| Kamae | |
|---|---|
| Japanese name | |
| Kanji: | 構え |
| Hiragana: | かまえ |
Kamae (構え?) is a Japanese term used in martial arts. are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with Hiragana (ひらがな 平仮名 Katakana is a Japanese Syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with Katakana and Kanji; the Latin alphabet is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. It translates approximately to "posture". The Kanji of this word means "base".
Kamae is to be differentiated from the word tachi (立ち?), used in Japanese martial arts to mean stance. Japanese martial arts refers to the enormous variety of Martial arts native to Japan. Stance is a Morpheme meaning Stand, used in several ways to take a Position in an argument, a stand on a given issue While tachi (pronounced dachi when used in a compound) refers to the position of the body from the waist down, kamae refers to the posture of the entire body, as well as encompassing one's mental posture (i. e. , one's attitude).
Although it is technically a generic term, many modern styles use kamae as the name of a specific posture; usually that style's basic stance for sparring or self defense.
As a further note, adding the modifier te to the end of kamae makes it the command for "assume the position" (構えて kamaete?). Thus, a karate instructor ordering his students to assume a front stance might shout, "Zenkutsu dachi, kamaete!"
In aikido
Kamae is a basic stance, also defined as natural. ( or is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese Kenpō. Front stance, sometimes also called forward leaning stance or forward stance, is a basic stance used in Japanese and Korean martial arts. In it, body's three centers of gravity are aligned on a vertical axis of gravity. Those three centers begin with the head, then spinal column, and lower abdomen. This allows for a balanced stance, regardless of positioning of one's feet. It also allows one to move freely into any desired direction. [1]
References
- ^ Westbrook, Adele; Ratti, Oscar (1970). Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 146. ISBN 978-0804800044.
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