I think this interpretation of midare is completely wrong. Piecing together my conversation with Suzuki sensei and other places, it seems like midare-kazari is the starting arrangement (as opposed to shomen-kazari, where everything is perfect like in Shin no Gyo). There is also a note about midare-kazari in The I-ching and Chanoyu from Gengensai in Chanoyu Quarterly that implies that midare is the name of the initial setup, and that the hakke is used to correct it.
The movement then is for other reasons. Suzuki-sensei suggested that the movement is to get things back in order, with the shakutate between the Kama and the mizusashi.
- Literally meaning “disorder, disturbance, unrest” etc, midare is an intentional breaking of the in/yo balance on the ji-ita.
- For gyo-no-gyo, this is done by :
- Ro: The shakutate moves laterally to the center of the ji-ita, exactly where it would be in furo.
- Furo: The mizusashi moves up a bit, leaving a space in front of the mizusashi to later place the chawan.
- In ro, we move the shakutate with one hand.
- First, te wo suite as if you were taking hibashi.
- Then, with R only, move the shakutate for midare.
- Then, sit up immediately without returning to the bow.
- In furo, we move the mizusashi with shittai/shikko.
- After rearranging everything onto the hakke-bon, shikko forward 3x diagonally toward mizusashi shomen.
- Move the mizusashi, then shittai back to your original position. (This is like moving your whole body along a track, diagonally toward/away from the mizusashi).
- Why do we do midare:
- ??: Glenn still had no real answer for this. Midare is done in everything except for shin-no-gyo furo, which is “in perfect balance and cannot be improved.” Even in shin-no-gyo ro, it is moved. Why? Still don’t know.
- Whenever the daisu is in midare, we must shittai / shikko to enter / exit the temae-datami.
- Unlike in shikaden, shittai / shikko are 3x scoot movements.
- After scooting away from the daisu, stand with your left foot, take a small step backward with your left foot, then take a larger step with your right foot and cross the heri (moving backward).