A step is missing !
It is not the irimi time that causes uke to loose balance, it is the tenkan time. This second time is therefore absolutely essential, as without it a step is missing.
Family spirit
The spirit that made the Iwama dojo such a virtuous place when Morihiro Saito ruled there as a patriarch: a quality of human relationships in which ego has no place, and which is akin to family spirit...
Kagami biraki
It was a cold January day in 1986 in Iwama, and Master Saito was filling the bottles of sake that would warm up the uchi deshi after training...
TAI SABAKI throws
The movement of Aikido (tai no henka) perfectly combines two requirements that are unrelated at first sight...
Unique action
Rotation is the energy of Aikido movement, and this energy always develops in two opposite directions.
Kaiten = Shiho
The relationship between these two techniques is much more than a vague kinship, it's a true identity.
Ki no nagare
The first thing to acquire in Aikido, before mobility, is stability of the hips. It is only after the hips have been stabilised by the study of kotai that the study of ki no nagare can begin.
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