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AIKIDO - 8 directions bokken cut (Happo Giri) Dunken Francis

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Uploaded by on Mar 9, 2008

AIKIDO - basic 8 directional bokken cut (Happo Giri) demonstrated by Dunken Francis of the Institute of Aikido Auckland

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  • Real combat? Please post the video link of you demonstrating this, I'm sure we would all be very interested.

  • The technique shows the strikes being done too much with the arms instead of using the larger muscle groups. I have found it is best to use the abs and lower back to convince an attacker in a real combat to fall over.

  • @noloferratus I am looking forwards to seeing your video of this. Always nice to see someone defending themselves against a real attacker with a practise weapon. Can you tell us more about the experience? It sounds fascinating..

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  • Great video! I always find it hard not to turn on the heel of my foot.

  • Thank you for this video! I've been trying to remember how to do Happo Giri, and it turns out I was stepping wrong. Thank you!

  • Also happo undo with just hands. As you say the importance is the 8 directions.

  • I've seen that one also, at one of Tomita sensei's clubs I believe. I guess the important aspect is the eight directions, which often appears in martial arts (Pa Kua for example).

  • On one I learned, on the 6th and 8th we used a knock down as opposed to a cut, and a tsuki on 1, 2, 3, 4.

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