Re: Yoshinkan Basic Stance
Mainline and Takumakai Daito ryu people will roll into a kamae that is essentially this before attacking, when practicing kata. Defender is almost always in shizentai, but in Yoshinkan Aikido I see nage initiating a technique by attacking a lot, so perhaps both sides are considered to be attacking and defending at the same time.
In the Daito ryu context, the interpretation I have heard is seigan no kamae, and the attacker is holding a "pretend" sword.
So perhaps this is something that gets us back to "Aikido is based on the movements of the sword?"
Could be more to it in Daito ryu, of course.
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