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Wastelander
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Simple morote-uke drill

This is a simple morote-uke drill that I've been playing with for developing muchimi (stickiness), tactile sensitivity, and very basic limb control skills. It also functions, quite well, as a platform drill from which you can launch into a variety of techniques, because you get to work with multiple kakidi (crossed/hooked hands) positions, and you can work with some resistance.

ky0han
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Hi Noah,

I really like it but I was expecting something different due to the fact that I have a Shotokan background and Morote Uke in Shotokan looks like Motobu's Meotode gesture and the technique you are showing is called Kosa Uke in Shotokan circles.

Thank you for sharing that, gave me a great idea for other uke waza techniques.

Regards Holger

Wastelander
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ky0han wrote:
I really like it but I was expecting something different due to the fact that I have a Shotokan background and Morote Uke in Shotokan looks like Motobu's Meotode gesture and the technique you are showing is called Kosa Uke in Shotokan circles.

Hi Holger,

Sorry for the confusion--we use "morote-uke" as a very general term, that can apply to a lot of things, including the meotode posture. We don't generally call this movement anything other than morote-uke, and I didn't think to look up alternative names for it. I'm glad you found it useful, though!