Chapter IV – Training in Aiki #2
Point 18 of Budō reveals a major arcane of Aikido: the manifestation of Aiki is related to the ten-chi vertical action.
Point 18 of Budō reveals a major arcane of Aikido: the manifestation of Aiki is related to the ten-chi vertical action.
In Aikido, one moves up and down along a vertical axis, regardless of the technique.
The action that raises uke towards the sky in the shiho nage movement, by blocking the three joints of his arm on a vertical axis for a fraction of a second, is the application of the ten-chi principle.
It was Gilles Vigneault's incredible phrasing, in the rhythm of "Danse à Saint-Dilon", that made me dream of Quebec, but it is only now that I have the opportunity to visit the land of winter.
It is not the yonkyo immobilisation that is presented here, but the fourth law illustrated by the yonkyo immobilisation, which is why O Sensei is careful not to write immobilisation: 之ョ第四法ト稱ス
For a long time, I passed on the knowledge that had been taught to me, but today I pass on what I learned directly from O Sensei, by listening to and respecting what he said.