This is an old clip of Tegatana no kata, our first exercise and the only solo exercise we do in aikido. Not exactly how we do it, but you can see the new within the old (or vice versa). The goal of the exercise is to learn the general motions that occur in aikido techniques, footwork, whole-body coordination, etc...
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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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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...
Odd but this is how my job makes me feel.
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How do you mean, Bob? Frantically going thru the motions? One step forward one step backward while being observed stoically?
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Wow that was really interesting
ReplyDeleteYoshinkan has around a dozen solo movements that are practiced at the beginning of each class. These are the building blocks of the basic techniques, which are in turn he building blocks of more advanced techniques.
ReplyDeleteGozo Shioda's genius was in the way he developed a teaching system for aikido.
You know, Rick, I’ve thought before that Shioda and Tomiki were probably more alike than different. I’ve seen Shioda’s solo warmup movements and they are a lot of the same solo stuff that we do (though practiced a little differently). Both prewar students of Ueshiba, both have been characterized as more martial than some other aikido teachers, and both known for their genius in reorganizing the way their aikido was to be taught.
ReplyDeleteThe pre war students; there were giants in those days.
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