Tomiki Freestyle Kata

[QuariusJan]

I like just traditional Aikido. Other styles don't seem very elegant and benefit. Aikido should be studier with a partner, non with an enemy.

[theshninja]

I don't practice it, but I am a fan. If there was a dojo in my city I would do that along with MMA!

[theshninja]

As a fan of tomiki aikido and MMA, I love to see the armbar in freestyle kata... One day, I would like to see in a freestyle kata; Tori shoots deep for a double leg (morote gari?) and then picks the uke up and tosses them behind him (or her, of course). I can see it performed very smoothly by an Tomiki aikidoka.

[AikidoBob]

@theshninja Ummm, yeah, good concept! Nariyama does someting like it, check vids of his demos. Also take a look into Lee Ah Loi's interpretations of the koryu kata sets dai yon and dai go, maybe for examples of something like that, Tomiki and Ohba put together for examples of traditional throws like singles and fireman's carry front and rear and under-hook tosses. where you practice tomikiryu?

[markanglemyer]

Awesome demo gents! This is what Tomiki should be! Smooth, tight circles and effective! I study under Mike Stanhope Sensei at Chillicothe who trained under Dan Piefer and Merritt Stevens Sensei do you guys know of them?

[AikidoBob]

@markanglemyer Thanks, that was a fun kata to do. I know of Dan Pfeifer, met him in the late 8os/early 90's. I'm not sure I've ever met sensei Stanhope. I studied under sensei scott calderhead for years and nowield Tomiki Aikido.

[AikidoBob]

@cwkinser Some fishermen are masters...master baiters! Hah, hah. And my reply is as insightful as your comment...

[knoxzoo75]

@cwkinser And if spoiting BS was worth a nickel you would be a millionaire

[AikidoBob]

@knoxzoo75 And your point is??

[TheRiverUnbroken]

=) Aikido hurts but its fun when you finally get a move and then you just want to do it over and over again...Bob and Scott are really good friends of my family...they're sweet guys.

[AikidoBob]

Why thank you darlin'! Come by the new place some time

[bigkittysmile]

wow. aikidobob long time no see.

[daz636]

this proves nothing other than aikido works on the mat - with 2 practitioners who have knowledge and skill.

[Mezzurchadnezzah]

Fantastic!

This just proves one thing, Aikido DOES work!!!!

Thanks for posting guys, amazing stuff!

[TheDevilBoyX]

aikido hurts so much

[Mezzurchadnezzah]

but it's so fun!

[TheDevilBoyX]

oh yeah!!!1

[kerll]

o_O

[lordosaya]

wow, the intensity and ferocity makes it looks more like jujutsu (at least aiki-jujutsu)..

[AikidoBob]

Thanks, it's fun to do freestyle and let it rip.

[tcjitsu]

Outstanding

[Jamesyko]

shouldnt it be king-sensei and Caulderhead-sensei in the description?

[steviepotter]

do you sometimes stay at home and count things?

[Jamesyko]

...sometimes

[steviepotter]

i was of course joking on the slightly anal correction.

no offence intended.

[Jamesyko]

me too!

[steviepotter]

do you practice tomiki aikido?

[Firery0Heart]

wtf

[nolispe]

wow they're feirce? sweet, yea no this is called a free style kata competition for the style Tomiki Aikido. It is a sport style of Aikido, which includes randori(sport comp) of the hand and using a knife, you should look it up