
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.
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.
Tai no henka is not a technique, and yet there is no Aikido technique in which this "movement" is not present...
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.
The movement of Aikido (tai no henka) perfectly combines two requirements that are unrelated at first sight...