
From hanmi to...hanmi
Any Aikido technique begins with hanmi, and any Aikido technique ends with hanmi.
Any Aikido technique begins with hanmi, and any Aikido technique ends with hanmi.
I'd rather see O Sensei's picture thrown into the fire, if only in return we'd listen to and apply his instructions.
The multidirectional reality of Aikido exercises has been contracted into a false but necessary unidirectional pedagogical form.
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.
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.