“Just like his father, he followed Tai No Henko with Morote Dori Kokyu Ho. Almost immediately he stopped us and began handing out ‘dames.’ He mocked our entry showing how nobody was turning far enough to face their partner’s direction. It was no wonder the technique was not working. He showed how the stance after the entry was the same one as for the end of Tai No Henko. It seems that in Aikido certain themes tend to recur, which would make it simpler for us, if only we didn’t work so hard to make things complicated.”
Mar
12
…in my aikido career i’ve frequently been without training partners. asotei, or individual practice, can be pretty useful at improving balance and the geometry of techniques…