YouTube: Moriteru Ueshiba Doshu
Here's a video clip of Moriteru Ueshiba (Doshu) demonstrating at Kamakura Hachimangu in Japan.
What are your thoughts on this video? -- Jun |
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Liked it.
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There were positives and negatives about the technique, although it was obviously very smooth and polished. The thing that really struck me, though, is that the ukemi was superb.
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question, has he hips problem and/or knees? just curious.
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A nice demonstration of modern aikido, albeit very by the numbers and typical.
Not to be the poo-poo-er here, but it's something that anyone who has been practicing regularly for a few years should be able to do with such measured and predictable attacks. Still, very nice flow and all that. |
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What i like most about the Hombu-style Aikido embu is the spontaneous flow. Doshu and a lot of shihan seem to always perform the exactly appropriate technique for the attack. This is something unique to Aikido that makes it stand out among other martial arts IMO.
(Note: if I ever find out these things are rehearsed, I am out of here.) |
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And this is hardly the same thing as a rehearsed sequence of moves. IF it was rehearsed they could pull off some really dramatic looking things, or brutal looking things such as in a koryu embu. So no, I do not think this is rehearsed. I will grant that uke may be being queued as to what attack to offer. And I will grant that the ukes and Doshu probably have experience training together and the ukes have been generally whipped into shape over time. But I do not believe Doshu is putting a significant amount of contrivance into what he does with the attack. He just lets it flow. And he doesn't put any fancy flourishes or anything in, it is just basic, pure Aiki. Does anybody who has taken ukemi at one of these things have anything they add here? Does your teacher spend a couple of nights or weeks before the embu working out what techniques they are going to do and in what order? |
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Doshu's demonstrations are almost always virtually identical, and that's done purposely.
Generally speaking, the uke's have worked with him extensively and no resistance is ever given. Is it any wonder they look smooth? I'm not sure whether that counts as rehearsed or not, but it's pretty close, in my book. Best, Chris |
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Best, Chris |
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Best, Chris |
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edit: Looked up the name of hte place and it's a shrine, but still, is that how these are presented? Honno embu? for the gods? |
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Best, Chris |
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Not the choice that I would have made, though. :) Best, Chris |
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Best, Chris |
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