This is an old clip of Tegatana no kata, our first exercise and the only solo exercise we do in aikido. Not exactly how we do it, but you can see the new within the old (or vice versa). The goal of the exercise is to learn the general motions that occur in aikido techniques, footwork, whole-body coordination, etc...
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Here is a good example of one phenomenon that I talked about at the seminar this past weekend. In these film clips, the point of view...
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Someone asked me a while back to post what I consider to be pros and cons of aikido and judo – sort of what I like and dislike about aiki... -
People often ask me at what age should they start their kids in martial arts. I will occasionally take kids as young as 3-4 as long as the p... -
Another thing that Chad asked for the other day in his comment to my post about teaching kids judo was some description of our favorite ... -
So many readers have enjoyed my aikido vs. judo article from last year that I figured I'd try my hand at doing a comparison between ...
Odd but this is how my job makes me feel.
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How do you mean, Bob? Frantically going thru the motions? One step forward one step backward while being observed stoically?
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Wow that was really interesting
ReplyDeleteYoshinkan has around a dozen solo movements that are practiced at the beginning of each class. These are the building blocks of the basic techniques, which are in turn he building blocks of more advanced techniques.
ReplyDeleteGozo Shioda's genius was in the way he developed a teaching system for aikido.
You know, Rick, I’ve thought before that Shioda and Tomiki were probably more alike than different. I’ve seen Shioda’s solo warmup movements and they are a lot of the same solo stuff that we do (though practiced a little differently). Both prewar students of Ueshiba, both have been characterized as more martial than some other aikido teachers, and both known for their genius in reorganizing the way their aikido was to be taught.
ReplyDeleteThe pre war students; there were giants in those days.
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