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Old 11-07-2014, 03:12 AM   #25
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Re: YouTube: Kotegaeshi - Basic and Variations

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Cliff Judge wrote: View Post
Hendricks Sensei would have been toast if her uke had a knife in the other hand. Which of course her uke didn't because they were both cooperating to allow some Aikido to happen on the mat.
Usually the knife would be in the hand on which kotegaeshi is applied...
Aside from that we do kotegashi against a knifeattack a little bit ditfferent.
The free hand is always a problem in normal kotegaeshi.

To keep the hand behind the body ist poosible if the connection between the hand and the center is strong enough, but not many people can really move uke in that way effectivly.
Normally, from a martial point of view, it's a no go.
In the case of the first video and also in Tissiers movement, there is no control on uke in the moment when he turns his back to uke, no kuzsuhi was apllied.
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