Unique action
Rotation is the energy of Aikido movement, and this energy always develops in two opposite directions.
Rotation is the energy of Aikido movement, and this energy always develops in two opposite directions.
The relationship between these two techniques is much more than a vague kinship, it's a true identity.
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.
If you don't understand the suburi you can't understand the kumitachi, if you don't understand the kumitachi you can't understand Aikido.
The multidirectional reality of Aikido exercises has been contracted into a false but necessary unidirectional pedagogical form.