Thread: Kaitenage
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Old 05-15-2008, 02:56 AM   #1
Nafis Zahir
 
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Kaitenage

So I'm over at the MT forum in the Aikido section, and I was trying to explain the variation of kaitenage that I do. As I'm cutting the arm down, I extend and take the head. Then, I glide back and at the same time, I extend the arm across uke's back while 'scooping' uke's head toward me. This results in the uke's head being such that they are almost looking at the ceiling. It also gives them the feeling that they are really locked up tight. When done this way in ki no nagare, it sometimes throws the person or causes them to 'flip' before I actually apply the throw. I'm looking for a video to post that shows it being done this way. Does anyone here do it that way, and if not, what variation of kaitenage do you do?

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