This is where the archers re-establish all their connections.
As always we are talking about the non-separation of internal - external aspects.
Of course we maintain this non-separaration every moment of everyday.
But just as our budo practice is a chance to really experience being this way, this is especially true of points in our practice like sadamenoza. Points like this are designed to remind us, designed to do this with us naturally.
These points also give time for the establishment of the ebb and flow we consider natural. Movements to and from these positions are paced by the pause of the position.
We have spoken of Kamae before. Positions that set us in time - place and imply this moving to and from. Sadamenoza is exactly of this same nature.
At Sadamenoza we bow. Often a nice deep bow, and least sesshu-rei, the bow where the hand comes to the knee (and if not wearing a glove our wrist would bend, hence the hand bent bow...) and our spine is at 45 degrees to the floor, but we can even use a deeper fukai (deep) bow in formal instances.
As in the other posts on 'rei', there is something in the act of bowing that has an effect on us as people, and our 'do' practices are filled with kamae like this, and our designed to include this influence.
All we have to do is allow for it...
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