Thats not bad Hannibal. The attacker is choosing his moment to surprise you somewhat (heck you know its coming in a gym) i.e. a degree of spontainety - and it even has a passing resemblance to Ura-waza Ikkyo. Keep doing this stuff for about another 50 years or so, and you may develop a white beard, a bald head and some of that Chi/Ki Bio-pixie plasma stuff.
LOL! Actually the attack is not inevitable - the idea was that out of a series of confrontations some would comply, some struggle but capitulate and some would fight. There was no prearranged attack or sequence. Our "mission" was to get their details or deal with what we are given. I cannot of course claim this as Aikido as my background is in a Gendai JJ style, but I think the commonality of the concepts is self-evident....plus I always like to show that I don't just straight blast and headbutt people
I thought your standard tack was a)Headbutt and then b) eat em up for breakfast? Takedowns rock and lead directly into understanding body mechanics - yours and the opponents. Takedowns also develop alignment, yielding, timing and evasion.
I agree with Embra -- that was a nice takedown. And it's close enough to the aikido "standing arm bar" or "rokkyu" that I totally recognized it.
Aww stoppit you'll make me blush! I was actually quite surprised because I had no idea what I was going to do and it had been years since I had drilled any "classical" moves...just goes to show eh?
That's the way it's supposed to be, though, right? Spontaneous reaction in accordance with the attack. Like Bruce Lee said about his fist, "When there is an opportunity, I do not hit. It hits all by itself." Eegads, did I just quote Enter the Dragon? I deserve to be thrown hard to the mat for that! :jester:
Next time someone asks me to explain Aikido I'm just going to show them this [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfArE-BjnA4"]Joe Thambu Shihan - YouTube[/ame]
thanks aikidojomofo. amazing video. Thambu Sensei is fantastic. I love watching him and his technique, great speaker too. 10/10 for that! thanks again!
I'm curious about what it is exactly that you find so impressive about the last video. Could you elaborate on it for me as a non-aikidoka?
Sure thing. I admire more of the Tissier stuff (The non-japanese guy) so i'll focus on the aspects of the video that feature him What I like about it the most is his generation of power into dynamic techniques. You see a lot of flowery Aikido where the person performing the techniques is waiting for the uke to get themselves in the right position and then throw themselves regardless of whether their balance has been taken or the techniques is effective. When I watch Tissier it seems to me that the Uke is in trouble the whole time, the techniques are giving him a need to ukemi rather than throwing him self. Tissier is always a step ahead, extending Uke into positions which effect their balance which means he can throw them. And when he throws them he seems to be getting his hip in and behind the uke, in an open posture, to generate a lot of power so he can smash them when he wants rather than letting uke decide when to fall Also, the way he moves and his timing against the 4 ukes in the last part of the video is beautiful
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXBlZ-oCRx8"]Ki Aikido - Taigi 19 - YouTube[/ame] Awesome Uchiwanage!
Ki Aikido. Many advanced Nage can have added movements, complex turns etc, to make to Uke lose balance and fall without oven being touched. Might not work on the street but great in the Dojo! Such moves are quite hard to develop so they may still be good practice. - If you doing it as a devotion to the Aikido. -
0.o It doesn't really seem good for anything. Whhat about these guys: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhnvETs4F6Q"]yellow bamboo - YouTube[/ame] Same thing, right?
