Hanmi

Triangle in rotation

So that's the basis of the triangle rotation in Aikido.

Hanmi

The multidirectional reality of Aikido exercises has been contracted into a false but necessary unidirectional pedagogical form.

Principles

So much emphasis has been placed on the importance of hanmi that we've ended up putting this position everywhere, especially where it doesn't belong.

Hanmi

An oversimplification that has led to the belief that everything in Aikido must be done in hanmi and that hanmi must be applied to everything.

Hanmi

In Aikido, there is only one position: hanmi, and there is nothing other than hanmi as a position. Hanmi precedes and follows movement.

Hanmi