Aikido Koichi Tohei sensei

Great way of showing the Horse stance. My nephew can do it also. We are about the same age and i tried to push him into the water a couple of years back. Bu the guy didn't fuckin move. He stood there like a tree rooted in the sand while we were at the beach. Instead he grabbed me and tossed me like 4 feet away INTO the water. That kinda sucked. But the Horse stance is something unusual but AWESOME! Sorry just had to say this :D

never heard it called horse stance before but XD

When I was 1 yo I fell a lot. Also at 11 when I was learning to balance on my hands and up on a beam, or on skates. Getting good at a sport or activity usually means you fall LESS... I just don't understand a martial art where the techniques stresses falling, over and over. And the heavy clothing? I guess I will have to learn to appreciate other aspects of it! Thanks for posting!

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In Aikido you don't have to fall - it's just that if you stand and 'take' the technique you will get injured. Many of the techniques are from a JuJitsu origin where the end of the technique resulted in broken wrists, arms, etc. Better to fall, roll and get back up then sustain permanent injury.

Ya, Tohei is alive.retired, but alive

Tohei sensei and his magic tricks.....it still AMAZES me that silliness like this is nessasary to atract students

the students doing the "falling" are the real talent and technique

Adam dedigin Koichi Tohei sensei dimi?Sende aikido yapiyormusun?