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Harai tsurikomi ashi has never been one of my tokuiwaza (favorite/best moves) but it was a favorite of one of my instructors! Mac McNeese h...
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Someone asked me a while back to post what I consider to be pros and cons of aikido and judo – sort of what I like and dislike about aiki... -
I got to chat a while back with a long-time direct student of Henry Copeland - one of my favorite people and teachers of all time. I hav... -
Great aiki class last night. We had a new guy (the word is spreading) and he did good. We worked on ukemi, tegatana, and evasions (aiki br...
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Boy, I thought that Dave had found nearly the ultimate example a few months ago of a bunch of chi-tards and their hippie shenanigans, but th...
Pat, I watched that a couple of times, but can't figure out how she choked the other gal. Was she leaning on the neck?
ReplyDeletecheck it out again. White's left hand is across Blue's neck holding the opposite lapel. White's right arm reaches around the far side of the body (hooking the leg is gravy) and holds the near lapel. As White walks around Blue's head it cinhes the collar against the artery and puts a lot of hip weight and leg strength on the other side of the head.
ReplyDeleteAhhh. Our Judo guy, Beard, was showing us a throw where you grab the collar of the gi and as you get into position for the throw it starts as a choke. Yikes!
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