Karadakawaru Walking - A Body Revolution Starting from the Solar Plexus
Message from the Organizer:
Hello, I am Yuki Matsuoka.
Up until now, I have pursued true transformation that connects the mind and body while interacting with over thousands of customers. In 2009, I founded the online foreign language school “One’s Word Online,” which grew into a school loved by many. This experience was like a treasure to me, witnessing firsthand the moments when people learn, grow, and change.
When the school was on track, I pursued my next dream—that was moving to Argentina. Out of traveling to over 60 countries, I was most strongly drawn to this South American country of dance and passion. In 2011, I decided to leap into Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, with my wife.
In this new land, I decided to seriously master Spanish first, and then Argentine Tango. I studied Spanish diligently for five hours a day, and after one year, I was able to have conversations; after two years, I mastered reading and writing as well. It was an experience that pushed me beyond my own limits.
However, Tango—this was a challenge beyond expectations. Leading the steps, riding the rhythm, dancing using the whole body—the difficulty was indescribable. No matter how much time I spent, somehow my movements were heavy and awkward. I felt that my different skeletal structure and way of using my body, unlike Westerners, was hindering my movements.
That’s when I realized: Japanese people have a way of using their bodies that suits them. After returning to Japan in 2015, while further honing my Tango skills, I learned the correct use of the core through Gyrotonic, Pilates, and personal training. And what I arrived at was the power of the core using the “solar plexus”—from here was born “Karadakawaru Walking.”
The psoas major muscle connects from the solar plexus to the femur. By fully utilizing this muscle, you can fundamentally eliminate stiff shoulders and lower back pain, and change the movement of your entire body. Not only that, but in dance as well, you can move more freely and lightly than ever before.
I myself experienced this.
Concerns like “my body doesn’t move as I want” or “I lack confidence in dancing” disappeared thanks to Karadakawaru Walking.
Now, if you are struggling with physical issues, please experience this walking method at least once. Just by walking, your body will change remarkably, and movements in dance and daily life will become enjoyable and light.
The moment your body—and life—changes is right around the corner.
What is Karadakawaru Walking?
Karadakawaru Walking is a completely new walking method that focuses on being conscious of body movements centered around the “solar plexus.” This method aims not only to walk but also to naturally train your core in daily life, improve posture, and balance the entire body. Would you like to improve to graceful movements like a peacock or the profound walking style that is the essence of Argentine Tango?
Do you have any of these concerns?
• Strain on your shoulders and back from long hours of desk work
• Your back tends to hunch when walking, no matter what you do
• Difficulty maintaining balance in dance or sports
• Poor posture affecting your daily life
“Karadakawaru Walking” fundamentally solves these problems, balances your body, and achieves beautiful and healthy movements.
Three Key Points of the Method
1. Core Training Centered on the Solar Plexus
By using the “solar plexus,” the center of the body, it promotes natural strengthening of the core. Supports building a body usable in daily life by increasing muscle strength while walking.
2. Graceful Walking Incorporating Tango Movements
By integrating Tango steps into the walking method, it cultivates beautiful posture and a sense of rhythm. Not only for dance enthusiasts but also enjoyable for beginners.
3. Immediate Improvement of Posture and Walking
You can feel changes in your posture from the day you practice. It is especially popular among those with shoulder stiffness and lower back pain due to its immediate effectiveness.
Voices from Participants
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Last night, I went to a pair lesson of a posture improvement workshop with Mr. Isoe. Mr. Isoe, who has been continuing core training and walking for just eight months, has already transformed into a different body shape compared to before.
“The teacher says, ‘Today we’ll try something new.’ He starts walking as an example.
‘No, no, these muscles aren’t supposed to move!’
From the beginning, the two of us are perplexed. We are changing the viewpoint of the pivot point in the movement called walking.
Listening to the theory, scales fell from our eyes. Wait a minute. In less than five minutes, Mr. Isoe is walking like a Westerner! So fast. As expected from someone who has thoroughly trained his core.
But even me, who lacks training… Huh? I look a bit cool.
Japanese and Westerners—their skeletal structures are different, but the way they use their bodies was different.
• Why do Westerners have less lower back pain and shoulder stiffness?
• Why do they walk briskly? Why do they have overwhelming power in sports?
• Why can they dance flexibly and dynamically?
Perhaps it’s not about the body’s structure or how it’s trained, but about changing how it’s used.
But this viewpoint on the pivot point of movement—no one has noticed or taught it.
It seems that the teacher had an inspiration a month ago regarding various questions he had explored over the years in Tango and bodywork.
We were fortunate to have him immediately share that with us. By changing the “walking” that we use most in a day, rather than taking time to train, the body naturally changes.
Regardless of skeletal structure or age, you can start from that day. And since walking is a whole-body exercise, it helps with dieting and frees you from lower back pain and shoulder stiffness. A brisk way of walking is an unfading asset.
Please experience this secret way of using the body at least once. I forgot to record a video of Mr. Isoe’s dignified walking.
He looks cool. I also want to follow suit and walk briskly this autumn.
— Haruko Inohana
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