Kata dori menuchi must start with a proper grab >review< to set the logic of the encounter. Uke initiates the action by grabbing the nage’s lead shoulder (because it is closest) and performs an overhead strike (shomen uchi) with the back hand. Although nage’s shoulder is grasped, the arm remains free to move. Watch Yamada senseiContinue reading “KATADORI MENUCHI”
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SPOTTING
I am failing my new year’s resolution of teaching to the test. Concepts and connections are taking precedent over technique in my classes. This morning the only technique I taught was ai-hanmi-katate dori kokyuho (and its variant irimi nage). I have covered kokyuho previously but this morning I used it as an exemplar of precision positioning. ToContinue reading “SPOTTING”
CONTACT EXERCISES – Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori
With an influx of new students I have presented contact exercises. In each of the last two classes there was only one technique taught in each. Technique is a secondary expression that derives from feeling connection. Aikido is frustrating to learn because it is an energetic art – one must not only feel the internal movements but alsoContinue reading “CONTACT EXERCISES – Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori”
