Aikido Weapons Techniques : Aikido Weapons: Kumitachi Sword Exercise

In aikido, a kumitachi paired sword exercise involves both swords moving toward the oppponent's throats. Practice the aikido kumitachi sword exercise with tips from a third-degree black belt in this free video on martial arts weapons.

Expert: Dr. Jeff Albright
Bio: Dr. Jeff Albright holds a 3rd degree black belt in Aikido, black belts in Karate and Iaido (a.k.a. Samurai sword), and holds teaching certificates in various other marital art styles.
Filmmaker: TOM KARGES

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Sports

Tags:

• aikido
• martial arts
• weapons
• samurai
• swords
• knives
• Japanese
• katas
• techniques
• attacks
• self-defense

[bloodyschnoz]

I do notice the fluidity of the movements defintely aikido.

[antroboii]

it be funny if he did a kamehameha kiai

[storyacoustic]

In response to many of these comments, my understanding of aikiken and aikijo are that they are intended to help us understand and improve our aikido, not make us into weapons experts. Whether or not we become effective fighters with the bokken or jo isn't really the point.

[TheRogueMonk]

@DeStijlBenighted i agree , if you watch moriheis video it says " when he uses a jo it becomes aiki jo.. when he uses ken it becomes aiki ken"

if you want you will realize that aikido is not a martial art its a martial way .. its not a set of techniques or "leathal blows" its not gimick.

as you said alot of people want to make martial arts into gimicks and they go about with bad form bad attitude and too casual in the dojo.. they jus tlike to make alot of noise  that wont save you in a danger.

[DeStijlBenighted]

@TheRogueMonk Absolutely. Some who has trained Aiki ken/jo diligently with self criticism and refinement in a dojo conducive to honest training will be very effective with any weapon because ultimately it is the proponent's understanding, body efficiency and psychology that is the skill. It is humorous that so many try to compare the merits of Aiki Ken with Kendo but rarely, if ever, Kendo with Western Fencing when the framework is so similar. A great martial mind/body will pick up any art

[TheRogueMonk]

@DeStijlBenighted i agree with you that thigs might be lost i translation however its still possible to use a stick or a sword effectively and have aiki in it .

some dojos do not eve have a aiki-ken training at all no suburi or anything.

[DeStijlBenighted]

@TheRogueMonk . It is difficult to find sound exponents of aiki bukkiwaza even among "iwama style" dojos. Western focus has tended to taijutsu with weapons practiced only a smaller percentage of training time.So the understanding of raiai has been diluted which is the primary purpose of aiki ken/jo not as a sword/jo school per se.

[TheRogueMonk]

@supertotoro well who is to say who is a master.. anyone can be a master .. if the aikiken is effective who is to say its not a good " katana" technique..

there are manyh styles of using a sword it would be stupid if we as aikidokas must accept that aikiken is less then any of those styles.

it might not be as muchas other schools of swrod but aikido is even without sword a more principal martial arts then say aikijujutsu .. aikido is effective and masterful even if its more principal .

[TheRogueMonk]

@DeStijlBenighted yes aikiken or aikido jo is not trivial , some will say they are just playing i agree if someone with kendo or other katana training would say that but at the same time the aikiken is still applicable and i do not htink morihei invented it based on his own merrits alone

[DeStijlBenighted]

@supertotoro There is so much to this san-no-kumitachi that unfortunately this video does not capture. Even the clips of Morihiro Sensei san do not show what is involved. The initial irimi of uke tachi takes a lot of practice, not just a matter of slapping the sword and say "come get me". Also when done well it is very difficult for uchi tachi to get his hip around the tsuki for the gyaku yokomen. The subtleties in this are endless.