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Old 11-22-2011, 03:04 AM   #14
Carsten Möllering
 
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Re: Putting IS/Aiki back into Aikido?

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Christian Moses wrote: View Post
... in aiki-budo, we try to keep our frame and never lose ourselves in our attacks.
This is exactly, what we try to do in our attacks in our aikido: Remaining stable, being centered, preserving the structure of our body and a heavy center... So we don't let go ourselves, don't leave our own "sphere". We spend some time on teaching and learning this
It is toris job, to connect to this well structured uke and change his structure.

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In aikido, the assumption is that you're going to let go of your stability and attack with too much juice, then you'll follow that attack by trying to reorient yourself to face nage.
Why do you attack this way in aikido?
What is the purpose of attacking this way?

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... in aikido I'll let people keep moving.
So uke would just stand right there where he was standing before his attack and would be well grounded if I didn't try to connect to him an "move" him.

I don't understand what it does teach, if uke is moving "beyond himself" or ist moving "without reason" instead of remaining centered?
What does it teach uke? What does it teach nage? Or what should it teach?
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