Tai no tenkan
"Tai no tenkan" is the contraction of two expressions: tai no henka on the one hand and irimi-tenkan on the other (tai no henka + irimi tenkan = tai no tenkan).
Tai no henka
Saito Sensei's trick
When he was teaching tai no henka, Morihiro Saito would use a little pedagogical trick to show that the movement had to be done without the slightest force.
Mission of tai no henka
Tai no henka is not a technique, and yet there is no Aikido technique in which this "movement" is not present...
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.
TAI SABAKI throws
The movement of Aikido (tai no henka) perfectly combines two requirements that are unrelated at first sight...
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