[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQmgSol8EI"]nariyama - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecihqMs4lLI&feature=related"]shodokan - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r1jt8XIjWc0"]Koryu dai go Itsuo Haba and Lee ah Loi - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2hSGUmU0b4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2hSGUmU0b4[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltzGQO6Yc4o&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltzGQO6Yc4o&feature=related[/ame]
Best Aikido thread put up for a long time. Unfortunately I aint training Aikido these days (just too busy with other MA, Studies, work, travel and other stuff - and bones getting old ), but I really want to say that the content of the videos are all interesting. Koyo would have loved it all of it. Well done to all contributors. Question for the Yoshinkan guys. In Afhuss's vids there is an excellent repertoire of applied techniques to kicks for what looks like a grading. So are kick defences like I saw with shihonage, kotegaeshi and others part of the Yoshinkan syllabus? Someone could put up some vids from Christian Tissier's repertoire of kicking defences. Tissier always expresses fluid explosive energy which I was always very impressed with. Question for everyone. As some of you may recall, my interest in Aikido these days is due to the systematic structure of teaching e.g. many aspects of Aikido have a tangible name. So, vs Yokomenuchi, where a meeting parry and strike/cut combine (I think koyo used to call this simultaneous defence and attack) for inside initiated application; is there a name for this principle -or can anyone explain better/more fully? In TaiChiChuan - which does not benefit from the systematic nature of Aikido teaching, this application/principle is called "Grasping the Birds Tail". It is unusual that I find better definition (IMHO) in TaiChiChuan than Aikido, hence the question.
There are no applied techniques from a kick in the Yoshinkan Hombu syllabus, just checked the 2011 syllabus on their website. That's not too say that what the Hombu says in terms of grading techniques is gospel. A lot of teachers tend to adapt it for their dojo's, adding/replacing techniques etc. So, I'm fairly certain that a lot of schools do train applied techniques from kicks and even add them to gradings, especially for higher dans. The truth is that we simply don't do it nearly enough, because a) if Hombu doesn't teach it it's not at the forefront of other dojo's teachings and b) we're obsessed with keeping two feet on the ground and maintaining our balance at all times I think it should be included a bit more than it currently is in most schools. I intend to pester my sensei about it.
I really liked the shiho-nage on the ankle joint - not the speed of execution, but showing that if you train to opportunistically (sometimes they will be too fast, accurate, too much power - just getting out of the road/parrying will do then) catch the kicking ankle, you can really make nasty work of an attacker's ankle and knee joints - hence a degree of safety, common sense and mutual understanding must be applied - this does not mean compliance.
Upping the tempo, blending and timing a bit, here is an example of Christian Tissier's Aikido vs kicks, in what still looks like training mode. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_1HgO-BhFk"]AIKIDO VS Kick - YouTube[/ame] There are some youtube vids of Tissier really letting rip vs kicks.
I love this video. his movement is beautiful, really in control of his partners and has them where he wants them. fantastic video, thanks for sharing.
That wasn't from a Yoshinkan testing. The test is based on what Fumio Toyoda used to do in the AAA before his passing. Our group broke away from the AAA and hooked up with a more senior instructor, who is Yoshinkan, in a semi-independent international organization. So our actual testing is a "five arts" based test a la AAA, but with smatterings of Yoshinkan techniques and technical ideology influenced from our Yoshinkan stylist instructor. We have some straight Yoshinkan dojo, as well as aikikai influenced ones. Both styles of dojo do kicks and kick defense. To my knowledge my Yoshinkan instructor added kicks from the influence of the aikikai instructor formerly with the AAA. Not sure if Inoue, Ando, Parker, Takeno, or any of the other senior Yoshinkan guys are doing kicks. We do front, side, and roundhouse kicks while the Yoshinkan dojo also do back kicks.
I have a great video of my dojo cho doing yokogeri defense for his yondan test a few years back, but when I upload it to iMovies (in order to upload to Youtube) it degrades quite a bit. The kicking portion is integrated with the entire test, which is approximately 40+minutes long...so I can't do a direct upload to Youtube. Anyone knows a workaround for this, that would be great. The video, somehow, is stored in iTunes, but when I transfer it to iMove it becomes garbage and too blurry to understand whats going on. ...actually, the good copy video is of a bunch of dan testing...so its way long. Thats why I transferred it to iMovie; so I could chop out the pieces I wanted to publish on Youtube.
An early clip of Nariyama Shihan. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JS9_S5IBJw&feature=related"]Demo Nariyama early eighties - YouTube[/ame]
Cant remember now what the 3 sens are : but in English:- pre-emptive, as it happens,after it happens. The "sen" timing principle always guides your distance (maai) and awase (blending) - regardless of MA - IMHO. However what I was getting at is:- the principle of meeting the attacker on the inside e.g. for shiho-nage, where defence and attack must be combined (for me its the same on the outside as well but with a wee bit more escape room) - on the inside you have to enter the opponent's space directly. Indeed the "sen"principle will influence this - but as I don't practise Aikido currently, I can't say with any real meaning about it. Im just not sure of an Aiki term/name for this.
sen no sen, sen sen no sen, go no sen are the basic principals. In addition to principals of sen, I would call the actual act as kimusubi or kiosae as you are moving into the uke's 'battlespace' in order to take control in a proactive manner. But that's just me.
Hi Gerry, Now you have reminded me that Slim did indeed present on MAP 'Enter Jizen' which is exactly what I was looking for. In time, I will try to expand upon this, but maybe in a different thread. Nice vid. Yeah Chris's kicks look like getting out the road of them is for the best :evil: Life is incredibly busy and complicated right now - but back from France - I don't think there is going to be much work there for me in the immediate future. I did manage 3 visits to Dento's dojo when I got back, but finding time and energy for a lot of MA is really hard right now. For Dento:- you may recall a while back that we chatted about a Spanish fellow in Edinburgh called Raphael De Leon. I believe he is living and training in Edinburgh now.
O' Sensei Brilliant!! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Cfpay1X2c"]MORIHEI UESHIBA 1935 - YouTube[/ame]
You know as much as few, if any, people like to think that the founder of an art can be surpassed I think Soke Gozo Shioda was actually better. He had incredible skills and an unmatched stage presence and sense of humor. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXoMyD50MG0"]養神館åˆæ°—é“ã€aikido Shioda Gozo demonstration part1 1978-1981 - YouTube[/ame] If you notice the camera switch at 1:38 it's because he accidentally KO'd his student. Personally I think the way that the Yoshinkan does some things may have been influenced by Shioda's lengthy judo training. I like the fact that Shioda used his aikido in real self defense, tailored it to that and viewed aikido as being "not a sport but a budo. Either you defeat your opponent or he defeats you. You cannot complain that he did not follow the rules. You have to overcome your opponent in a way appropriate to each situation." I think it very much contrasts with Ueshiba's postwar 'harmony with the universe' schtick which I think is a bit of a load when it comes to martial arts. His book Total Aikido: The Master Course is one of my most prized martial arts books.
Nice video of Isoyama Sensei [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAhBPa6-CJ4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAhBPa6-CJ4[/ame] and also my favourite practical Aikido video [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtYIbXYU4VY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtYIbXYU4VY[/ame]
