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KARATE STANCESKOKUTSU DACHI (BACK STANCE)
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‘The Awkward Stance’ By SLan!ey
Kokutsu Dachi, (back stance)especially whe"tart learnin karate, is o!ten consi"ere" ancu#berso#e an" i#practical stance$ E%en ao! trainin #any karateka rear" Kokutsu Dtheir slowest, weakest an" #ost unstable st
!ack" the stron, penetratin hip #o%e#en&enkutsu "achi, or the i##o%able, roote" !ekiba "achi$ 'owe%er, #" kokutsu "achi de"t#re#ain releate" to a stance we learn to para"ins or only apply in kata
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"achi look unbelie%ably soli" an" power!ul (Aphoto e*a#ples are le!t le !orwar" Kokutsu "#ust frst !ook at the stance in situ$ The frst aob%ious #istake "t$dent" %ake is weiht "is'ow #any ti#es ha%e you hear" your instruct./01 o! your weiht on the back le an" 201 !ront3 4ut how #any people actually do this$ ha'e the /0620 ratio your riht shoul"er, hip, !oot #ust be in one co#plete line$ As soon as broken you lose per!ect weiht "istribution$
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7ER4SS589:E 9RESENT
;e use these !or#s to talk about the re"ent=
O*+
>7ER4? @ s6es in thir" person
E*a#ples=
She always !orets her purse$ (Repeate" actions)
ou "eak Enlish$ (!act)
Do you "eak Enlish
ou do not "eak Enlish$
USE 2 Fa
USE 1 R
USE 4 No
USE " Sc
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USE , *eeated Act#on"
5 !ay tennis$
She doe" not !ay tennis$
Doe" he !ay tennis
The train !ea'e" e%ery #ornin at B A8$
The train doe" not !ea'e at A8$
;hen doe" the train usually !ea'e She always -oret" her purse$
'e ne%er -oret" his wallet$
E%ery twel%e #onths, the Earth c#rc!e" the Sun$
Doe" the Sun c#rc!e the Earth
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USE . act" or /enera!#0at#o
Cats !#ke #ilk$
4ir"s do not !#ke #ilk$
Do pis !#ke #ilk
Cali!ornia #" in A#erica$
Cali!ornia #" not in the nite" Kin"o#$
;in"ows are #a"e o! lass$
;in"ows are not #a"e o! woo"$
New ork #" a s#all city$ IT IS NOT IMPORTANT THAT THIS F
UNTRUE.
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USE 1 Sched$!ed E'ent" #n tNear $t$re
E*a#ples=
The train !ea'e" toniht at 98$
The bus doe" not arr#'e at FF A8, it arr#'e" at FF 98$
;hen do we 2oard the plane
The party "tart" at B o+clock$
;hen doe" class 2e#n to#orrow
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USE 3 Now (Non4Cont#n$o$"5er2")
5 a% here now$
She #" not here now$
'e need" help riht now$
'e doe" not need help now$
'e ha" his passport in his han"$
Do you ha'e your passport with you
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7ER4SS589:E 9AST O*+
>7ER4@e"? or irreular %erbs
E*a#ples=
ou ca!!ed Debbie$
D#d you ca!! Debbie
ou d#d not ca!! Debbie$
USE 1 C
USE 2
USE "
USE 3 H
USE )
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USE , Co%!eted Act#on #n t6a"t
se the Si#ple 9ast to e*press the i"ea that an action starte" an" fnisti#e in the past$ So#eti#es, the speaker #ay not actually #ention thebut they "o ha%e one specifc ti#e in #in"$
E*a#ples=
5 "aw a #o%ie yester"ay$
5 d#dn7t "ee a play yester"ay$
:ast year, 5 tra'e!ed to Gapan$
:ast year, 5 d#dn7t tra'e! to Korea$
D#d you ha'e "inner last niht
She wa"hed her car$
'e d#dn7t wa"h his car$
USE . A Ser#e" o- Co%!et
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USE . A Ser#e" o- Co%!eteAct#on"
;e use the Si#ple 9ast to list a series o! co#plete" action These actions happen Fst, Hn", 2r", Ith, an" so on$
E*a#ples=
5 8n#"hed work, wa!ked to the beach, an" -o$nd a nice p
'e arr#'ed !ro# the airport at B=00, checked into the hotan" %et the others at F0=00$
D#d you add Jour, o$r in the #ilk, an" then add the e
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USE 1 D$rat#on #n 6a"t
The Si#ple 9ast can be use" with a "uration which starts an" past$ A "uration is a loner action o!ten in"icate" by e*pressiotwo years, !or f%e #inutes, all "ay, all year, etc$
E*a#ples=
5 !#'ed in 4ra&il !or two years$
Shauna "t$d#ed Gapanese !or f%e years$
They "at at the beach all "ay$
They d#d not "tay at the party the entire ti#e$
;e ta!ked on the phone !or thirty #inutes$
A= 'ow lon d#d you wa#t !or the#4= ;e wa#ted !or one hour$
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USE 3 Ha2#t" #n the 6a"t
The Si#ple 9ast can also be use" to "escribe a habit which stopast$ 5t can ha%e the sa#e #eanin as use" to$ To #ake it cltalkin about a habit, we o!ten a"" e*pressions such as= alwayusually, ne%er, when 5 was a chil", when 5 was youner, etc$
E*a#ples=
5 "t$d#ed Lrench when 5 was a chil"$
'e !ayed the %iolin$
'e d#dn7t !ay the piano$
D#d you !ay a #usical instru#ent when you were a ki"
She worked at the #o%ie theater a!ter school$
They ne%er went to school, they always "k#ed class$
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The Si#ple 9ast can also be use" to "escribe past !acts orenerali&ations which are no loner true$ As in SE I abo%the Si#ple 9ast is uite si#ilar to the e*pression use" to$
E*a#ples=
She wa" shy as a chil", but now she is %ery outoin$
'e d#dn7t !#ke to#atoes be!ore$
D#d you !#'e in Te*as when you were a ki"
9eople a#d #uch #ore to #ake cell phone calls in the pa