![]() Aikido has seiza alone, although perhaps a couple of variations, one for bowing, doing techniques from and knee-walking around and one for the end of class when we sink between the heels and try not to get knocked over during kokyu dosa. Seated kamae in iaido tend to be of two general types, seiza and tate hiza, on your knees and on one knee. So what is a kamae? It’s a stance, a position we put juniors into. Musashi agrees, saying that chudan is “the captain” to lead all the other stances. ![]() Even Kendo has multiple stances although chudan is pretty much “the bomb”. That there is no one, single, overwhelmingly efficient, kamae which we all stand (or sit) in, could be a clue that each kamae has strong points and weak points. Or maybe it’s a starting place, or a resting place. In fact, there are similarities all over the place because, really, a kamae is a place where you end up at some point in time while going from place to place.
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