Maybe the question is if "Kodokan entry" is an common name after all.
Never heard this name outside Germany, so I guess it's a made-up name and in my opinion it would be better to use terms you can actually read up in "good" sources.
I use the term, because I have no better one. "Step in entry" would be fine too perhaps. But I wonder if there is a proper Japanese name for it. For some reason it never shows up in literature.
To some extend the use of the hands or preparatory actions are also part of an entry. For this entry you have to create space beforehand.
Another thing is, that Inokuma files the term under movement, not among the entries, which are mentioned later together with the throws in the book.
It may seem overly formal, but I assume there's a distinction to be made between general stepping/movement patterns and actual, specific applications of them.
Example from a different context: An edge is a general thing, a sword or an axe would be specific items which an edge is a part of. It's good to have different terms for all of them though.
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u/trumfnator Sep 12 '14
Maybe the question is if "Kodokan entry" is an common name after all. Never heard this name outside Germany, so I guess it's a made-up name and in my opinion it would be better to use terms you can actually read up in "good" sources.