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Old 05-09-2008, 04:23 AM   #8
Stefan Stenudd
 
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Dojo: Enighet Malmo Sweden
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Ludwig Neveu wrote: View Post
How does it translate in the way you execute technique ?
By each year, I find myself doing the techniques more and more on uke's intention and direction, and less on uke's body.

Simply put: I start by making my direction join that of uke (the taisabaki step), and extend it, which allows me to redirect.

Also, I regard the technique as commencing already when uke takes aim. At that moment, I try to be "inside of" uke, to join with his or her intention already at its center. I would like to do the aikido techniques so that uke feels as if doing them to him- or herself.

Stefan Stenudd
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