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Old 08-25-2008, 05:03 AM   #60
Demetrio Cereijo
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Re: Defending Against Grappler Using Aikido

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Philip Burgess wrote: View Post
I said, "wait" as a symbolic representation of Aikido being defensive, letting the opponent make the first move,...
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Ueshiba Morihei wrote:
Same stances as in No. 1. (Fill yourself with ki, assume a hanmi stance with your feet apart, opened at a sixty-degree angle, and face your opponent with a flexible aiki posture.)
Tori: Step out on your right foot and strike directly at your opponent's face with your right te-gatana and punch his ribs with your left fist.
Uke: Receive your opponent's attack with the right arm.
Tori: Put strength in your right arm and cut down sharply, holding your opponent's wrist and controlling his right elbow. Step in to his right with your left foot, keeping his right arm against your body, and pull him to your front. Move forward and pin him to the ground. (This is called Pin Number One.) You can then pin your partner's right arm with your legs and strike his neck with your right te-gatana.
Seems the founder saw things differently.
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