Following from Musashi Miyamoto's words in "The Lesson of Stance/No Stance," we see the ultimate and ideal kamae in karate is the mugamae, or "No Posture."
As Morio Higaonna Sensei writes in his “Traditional Karatedo – Okinawa Goju Ryu:”
As Morio Higaonna Sensei writes in his “Traditional Karatedo – Okinawa Goju Ryu:”
“In the ultimate posture known as mugamae (literally “no posture”), tension should be released from the shoulders, with the arms hanging relaxed at the sides; breathing is under conscious control; and all power is concentrated in the tanden. Mugamae is considered the ideal kamae because in one’s relaxed and unconcentrated state an opponent cannot focus upon one’s intent or readiness.”
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