Please note that these photos are just to show new and potential beginners the movements that we practise in class. The important thing is how you actually move between these images which you can only learn in a lesson and by your instructor. Use it as a memory aid but nothing else.

Yoi. Move the left foot out and simultaneously make a fist with the left hand and then repeat with the right.

Right from the beginning you must be able to control and move your centre-line, the seichusen, correctly.

Do not concentrate on trying to create a rectangle with the arms as this will bring too much tension into the right shoulder and make it rise up.

Ensure your centre of gravity does move to the left slightly but the right knee moves to the right as you drop your weight down. There is no need to go too deep into your stance.

The left arm must go up quickly but have the feeling that the elbow is down. Don't flail the arm straight up. Move your elbow correctly and the arm motion will happen. Don't turn the body, which should be facing flat to the front.

Without losing the shape of your stance you must turn your upper body and shoulders as much as possible to perform migi otoshi uke and hidari naiwan uke.

Make sure your right fist travels up, out and down the centre-line. It does not come across the angle. In Wado Ryu this is not performed as a two handed trap and break.

The left fist finishes close to the right shoulder but don't hit it. You are attacking the opponent not yourself. The head turns to the left as the left hand is drawn back and this is part of the evasion.

Maintain the feeling of having your weight down and that gravity is pulling your body down. Make sure that the right shoulder does not tense and rise.

Your left foot returns back and perform tetsui uchi jodan. The strike should be to the temple and not the chin. The hikite hand should be pulled back as not to have the right elbow sticking out. A person standing at the front should not be able to see the elbow, as in the picture on the left.

Think that you are pulling an opponent as you are striking them and this must co-ordinate with the body movement. You are actually using your body to perform the pulling and not just using the arm.

Even though you are rising up and are straightening the legs, you need to sink the weight and not have it rising up too much.

Keep your shoulders relaxed to avoid them coming up or hunching your back,