Uchi komi is an exercise whereby a clear opportunity to attack is presented to allow for repetitive and correct training to recognize an opening and to strike. In Aikiken, the basic uchi komi exercise opens with both uchidachi and shidachi in seigan no kamai. Uchidachi then lowers to gendan to invite shomen and when shidachiContinue reading “UCHI KOMI”
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TACTICS – BEYOND THE ONE HIT KILL
“There are no primary attacks in a knife fight.” This is an important reminder for Aikidoka who are habituated to the one-hit one-kill training mentality. In a knife fight attacks can be gambits, ploys, set-ups to elicit responses. Boxers must contend with similar complex encounters. Stratagems of deception and non-linear methods of attack are not Aikido’s forte. Aikido’s premise narrows theContinue reading “TACTICS – BEYOND THE ONE HIT KILL”
STEALING FROM THE MASTERS – JKD and KENPO
Aikido is an energetic system – we require a partner to train effectively and ultimately need the partner’s intent to inform our responses. This fact leads some to conclude that Aikido is a defensive art because it does not appear to emphasize attack and its marketing history decries violence. Nevertheless, when one actually studies what O’SenseiContinue reading “STEALING FROM THE MASTERS – JKD and KENPO”
Protective Arts 