Aikido - IRIMINAGE - shomen uchi

[aphor]

Aikido is not "MMA for Dummies." The attacks and techniques are FORMALIZED in order to teach FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS. The techniques are not even Aikido. They are all Jujistu/Judo techniques, but the precise STYLE of their implementation and the choice/attitude committing to that, reliance on those fundamental skills: that is Aikido. Waza < Jitsu < Do. Thinking "this is no good in a real fight" means you don't get it.

[hunPETERxXx]

U can use iriminage for straight punch too... so iriminage is a very useful thing :)

greetings from Hungary!

[BrianUndercover]

krav maga uses hammer punch

[maruhabu]

uke depends on the attacker uke is a technique!? what the hell are you talking about, do you hear yourself?! uke IS the attacker! ukemi is a technique.

[jangmat]

by the expert, it could be a dangerius technique!

[localumberjacks]

who the hell is gunna show up to a fight comming at you with a straight chop?>

[Aikidostenudd]

It's shomenuchi, representing a sword cut. An aikido thing...

[solpapisolmook]

@Aikidostenudd Then how do you expect to apply it to a real fight if people in the street come at you with hook punches and swift, fast jabs, you idiot? You just admitted that you train as if someone's coming at you with a sword cut, but real fighting has nothing to do with this. Thus, your training has nothing to do with real fighting. You aikidokas are blind to reality.

[ketsan]

Anyone wanting to hit you on the head with something. In the street it's usually a hammer or a kosh.

[MrPinoy91]

lmao. its the basis for the technique.

however.. once you know the basics you can learn to use the take down in advanced ways. for instance a hooking punch.

[fredsavagerules]

It's just one version of a technique which can be adapted from many different attacks. Don't be stupid.

[MrEwok]

@localumberjacks Think of it as an angle of attack - someone trying to smack you with a beer bottle for example.

[Mobius303]

Some idiot from the local karate school who just achieved his yellow belt might....lol

it is a sword attack simulation....or even a knife attack simulation.

[JonnyBauer]

@localumberjacks if I were you mate I'd think about the gate the technique starts from rather the attack that comes in. It may not be a common attack, but moving to the outside of your opponent's arm is a common response and this technique has a lot of merit. I'm not a Aikidoka, and I'm sure my take on this could be greatly improved by training with Aikidokas, but in essence I've pulled this off in free flow drills plenty of times.

[kscman]

We trained iriminage in our last training:

I didn't get it, it was to difficult for me, but I'm only at the white grade(?), so... I hope I'll learn it...anytimes... ;-)

[Shaudh]

@kscman In the beginning most techniques can be a bit awkward. You will get through it and it will make sense. And everyone has to start somewhere, having 6th kyu is not a bad thing. In fact, you are in excellent company for every aikidoka will have 6th kyu.:)

[MrPinoy91]

uke depends on the attacker.. uke is a technique.

[MrPinoy91]

uke depends on the attacker.. uke is a technique.

[MrPinoy91]

uke depends on the attacker.. uke is a technique.

[MrPinoy91]

uke depends on the attacker.. uke is a technique.

[shikakubu]

beautiful iriminages...powerful i can see uke's feet popping up.

[Emosucks1991]

Man i wish i could see some punk ass get fucked up on the street by this stuff. lol. I could just imagine somebody running at the guy and then getting flipped and thrown on his ass.

[Aikidostenudd]

Oh, sorry. Instead of pushing uke down, I make a curve with my arm at the side of uke's head. The flow of the movement should be as if coming from uke's center on uke's front, and returning toward uke's center at his rear.

Maybe you can see what I mean on the video with iriminage as knife defense. You find it on my channel.

[Runescaper904614]

What dan are u?

[Aikidostenudd]

6 dan Aikikai.

[catnip1970]

Good videos as always. When I learned this technique the movement for unbalancing and taking uke to the ground was explained to me (and I explain it now) as an ocean wave lifting uke up onto his toes, rolling back over his center and then (as I drop ki) crashing through him to the ground.

[Aikidostenudd]

That's a wonderful description. Still, it might not be the most aiki way of doing the technique. I like the idea of joining with uke's ki, and choosing the directions that it will naturally agree on.

Well, I like some crashing too, sometimes :)

[skanemermaid]

Darn, you cut it off at the good point, when sensei was explaining how to unbalance the posture.