Kokyunage by Hitohiro Saito Sensei

[ontoverse]

@1.59 My sensei did that to me, and I sure felt like a fool skipping along, however much I tried to stand firm. Before I knew it, I was looking at the ceiling.

[Avieno]

Very interesting.. Thank you so much!

[aikikenpo]

In fact tenchinage is also a kokyunage. Tenchinage has a own name, but it is also a kokyunage.

[ORLANDO1986CERVANTES]

buenisimo!

[esceptico3]

Saito sensei es genial!!

[binladenbitch]

heyyyy

[pacosaidso]

I love how he moves so low and heavy as if he weighs 500 lbs.

Great video, thank you!

[nekaulinis]

1:25 want kokyunage it was tenchinage

[pwilliamsaiki]

techinage was taught later. this was a kokyu exercise that draws in uke and redirects them out. tenchinage is executed directly and with bottom hand moved behind uke. this is a practice of kokyu, a very dificult and advanced technique.

[sunreaper2]

NO it was kokuy nage !

[amci06042]

Its not tenchi nage, tenchi nage is applied and executed differently.

[vuduegg]

@nekaulinis Tenchi-nage IS a kokyu-nage...its one of the few that actually has a proper name.

[Fangen88]

Is that a picture of his father next to Ueshiba's picture?

[pwilliamsaiki]

yes

[sunreaper2]

Saito was great and so is his son :)

[frozenicelolly]

The last bit is pretty awesome. He seems like a very good teacher.

[Williamiwama]

Still loving it, hehe

[Williamiwama]

Awesome mate...

[jamesshirley]

Really nice, I love Kokyunages.

[Williamiwama]

Hey mate. Great video!!!

[cannonbulk]

Fantastic. H Saito Sensei demonstrates here how aikido works. He shows us what DOESN'T work, i.e. pulling and pushing, and then what DOES work, i.e. using the kokyu technique to raise the uke and capture his/her balance, and then the nage moving from his/her center to complete the throw. Domo arigato.

[jongun]

Cool, some important stuff there I think.