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Ahmad Abas wrote:
Not that my opinion matters, but I'd be happy to attend his seminars
given a chance. He is not alone doing this, and since I don't think these people have ever
met...
What I'd like to see is 5-10 years down the road, the people laughing at these teachers today,
change their view of their own volition. it's happened before.
But by all means, expose them as charlatans if you can.
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Dear Ahmad,
I see your sensei, Imanul Hakim has a similar style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffaDom0NQ74
I personally like the movements of your sensei, it's very fluid, soft, he keeps a good position
and has a good control of the uke. I'm almost sure that he learned Daito ryu as well.
Maekawa sensei is making seminars in Korea, and sometimes in Okinawa as well. Those are the
nearest places to Malaysia where you are able to meet him. You need to search for Meikakukai if you are looking for contact information.
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Eddy Wolput wrote:
Hi,
can you explain us what you learned on a the technical side in those 5 yrs.
Just curious,
Eddy
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There are a lot of things I don't yet understand from his teachings. I will try to explain what I think, but it my understanding may be incorrect. However, I will do my best. Basically, the training style may be very much like that of Okamoto Seigo. Most techniques are done in seiza, and the two basic principles behind all techniques are aiki age and aiki sage. You can find plenty of clips about those two principles and their training methods on Youtube.
The first important goal of the training is to build an "aiki body", a solid, yet soft body structure which is able to accept incoming energy and return it into the attacker using a circular motion. We start to practice both people sitting in seiza, practicing ryotedori aiki age and ryotedori aiki sage. Then we switch to hanmi handachi, doing various unbalancing excercises using circular motions, then we do the same in standing position, without steps. Then we start to make techinques with steps, sometimes adding jujutsu elements. At this stage the techniques are like those you know from aikido, with principles added you learnt in the previous stages. It's like growing up as a child. First you learn to sit, then you learn to stand, and only after that you learn to walk. It's a very natural process, and I think it's also very effective.
During training it is always emphasized to move in a way that is difficult to percieve by the attacker. We should try to avoid to move the point of contact at the first stage of the technique, but move our bodies behind our around the contact point. The more basic movements consist of bigger movements, and while you progress those become smaller and smaller and quicker and quicker. There are also teachings regarding breathing. At a very high level those circular movements become so small that they are almost point-like, and not really possible to see, but still have the same effect.
There is also a play with the timing, depending in which phase of the attack the contact is made.
Performed on a high level, it may look like magic or fake, but those are actually very consciously and accurately performed movements with very good timing. Because it is very difficult to the uke to percieve what is actually done to him, the results can sometimes be very extreme, as if you don't know what's done on you, you cannot take proper ukemi or continue attacking.
You can see a sample of the techniques he teaches on our homepage:
http://www.aikido-meikakukai.hu/media/videos.php