
Morote dori - How to grasp
In the morote dori grip, the opponent's arm is held like a sword, the back of his forearm embodying the back of the blade.
In the morote dori grip, the opponent's arm is held like a sword, the back of his forearm embodying the back of the blade.
If the technique demonstrated here is called kokyu ho rather than kokyu nage, it is because she is particularly significant of kokyu ho, and the name is in this case explicit, instructive, and therefore useful.
The techniques of kote gaeshi, nikyo and sankyo are not ‘wrist lock’ techniques, as is too often said.
A solitary figure, that is how you lived your life, like the modern rōnin you had become, alone with your art...
The origin of action is energy itself, ki, which is located in the lower abdomen. And the action of the human body is limited to its role as a vector of this energy.
When the movement of Aikido is performed correctly, it is connected to DNA, to the great cosmic serpent that unites all living beings under the sun.
Tenkan is impossible without irimi, but irimi is powerless without tenkan. There is a tenkan effect on uke which moves him.