Shihonage happens...

The technique known as shihonage manifests effortlessly when the attack is appropriate. By focusing on connection rather than technique, one will find shihonage manifesting from a high grab or strike that continues to extend toward nage's center and not retracting.

A center to center connection will permit nage to flow appropriately to a harmonious resolution instead of forcing the attacker into a throw

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[bin1127]

but isn't shiho nage extending the attacker's power to unbalance him then you can do the nage. In a real attack the power dynamic would work with shiho nage. A demonstration has no power in it.

[Kakushitoride]

@bin1127 In a real attack (committed) uke will create his own trajectory and unbalance himself if you give him the support to do so. Rather than powering through a shiho nage, forcing the attacker to the ground through pain or body mechanics and leverage, we prefer to connect with him so that no matter how he attacks the aikido will spontaneously manifest outside of technique. This demo merely shows the nature of the attack that produces the movement by nage we commonly call shihonage.

[chebf1231]

this guy is good and i learned a lot.

sometimes i wonder if it's good to talk that much.

first you say get the feel and don't let your mind get involved.

then you talk so much that your mind can't help but to get involved?

[Kakushitoride]

ha ha, yes I do talk alot, but have you ever learned anything from books that had no text? (talk on paper). I challenge you to teach someone how to drive a car without saying one word. Once the teaching is complete no more words are necessary.

I'd wonder if I was talking too much about what I am demonstrating if teachers I respect very highly didn't explain things in lots of words - check out the latest video of Sunadomari Shihan! It's listed in my "favorites."

[hallobaaaby]

To the cool teacher guy from these vids: Thanks so much for sharing these! I feel you are from the new times:not 'powerover' or 'powerunder' but POWER WITH: the new paradigm of our times!

[hallobaaaby]

@chebf1231 Words are wonderful tool when they express/communicate energetic facts. If words couldn't grasp subtle abstractions then poetry wouldn't have existed. Many aikido teachers would play the "role" of the stingy, pompous asshole and not invite students to ever question concepts for the mere reason of being constipated and being too afraid to loose their "role" image by being generous. I feel you are from the new times:not 'powerover' or 'powerunder' but POWER WITH: the new paradigm!

[Kakushitoride]

Our goal as nage is not to feel we did nothing, but to feel that our outward expression of ki has created a unification from which our partner feels protected from harm as he finds himself on the ground.

[Kakushitoride]

I appreciate your intention to provide your partners with good ukemi! We are using our study of the nature of attack to refine our understanding of aiki further than what can be accomplished through the repetition of technique. We endeavor to attack not with an empty mind (nages mind) but with intention, through which our nage can discover where and how he is out of aiki.

[Kakushitoride]

You clearly maintain an open mind, which I appreciate. We are not interested in being "right", but in uncovering ever deepening levels of understanding of aiki - always bearing in mind "masakatsu agatsu" (true victory is victory over oneself).

[Crifstar]

I've been told I give good ukemi, I think it's because I attack with an empty mind. Once I start the attack I am committed to that attack and do not try to deviate from the attack unless Nage forces me into changing. I've told people that if at the end of a technique if you feel you did nothing and uke is on the ground, then you felt Aikido. Where is your school located? Keep up the good work.