TOMIKI AIKIDO

[AikiTomiki]

Look at the Londonaikido videos to have a better idea of what it should be like:

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[MrUeshiba]

I know it's supposed to be staged but it should show principles like avoidance, kusushi, control and maai. For example, gedanate is weak, shihonage lacks a the elbow lock preventing uke from turning out & this Maeotoshi will only break ukes elbow if done at speed! Kusushi is almost inexistant. It really looks like Uke is doing all the work even when Tori hasn't applied a proper technique. Congratulations Derek for starting Aikido so late & all your efforts but this video does not do you justice.

[MokurenDojo]

We don't stop at maai during the execution of this kata either, but I think this is really a pretty good demo of the Junanahon kata. It's sorta coming from a different perspective than my personal practice but it is quite good, and as the previous commentator mentioned, much like the classical tomiki/ohba demos.

keep up the good work.

[madmoravian]

SenseiStrange, I have the exact same questions in that regards.

It's interesting seeing another Tomiki school's approach to the techniques. We don't stop at ma-ai, we continue the attack. Also, the controls at the end of some of the techniques differ. For instance, we have a control at the end of shihonage in Ju Nana Hon Kata, but not in Owaza Ju Pon.

I thought I'd posted our approach to them online, but apparently not. I'll have to see if I have one available.

[tenshinage77]

It's kata Both tori and uki meet in the middle. It demonstrates distace. Watch the clip of Tomiki sensai and Oba (belive it's here on youtube) do it much the same way. Its very clear to see.

[SenseiStrange]

Is this a "kihon" demonstration of kata? I wonder why Uke stops his attack before Tori makes connection. This seems to make little sense for udansha to practice this way. Please tell me what I am seeing.

Thank You for posting this!