Re: Nice Jiyu waza
The experience taught me something though. There is little difference between someone throwing themselves when you ask them to and you throwing someone who resists since the objective is the outcome when it comes to throwing someone. I sometimes think of doing techniques in terms of convincing someone it is more comfortable on the ground than standing. If I apply a nikkyo hard enough, most people will go to the ground since it is more comfortable there. I am not trying to take them to the ground, I am just convincing them that standing there in front of me is not a good idea. The same goes for an irimi nage or shiho nage or anything else. I am convincing them that being somewhere else is a good idea because where they are, they are off balance. Then, the same goes for atemi. It is a better idea for uke to be not where my hand is going than to stay where they are. If they are able to react before my hand hits them, then all power to them. If they are too slow, my hand hits them and they are usually convinced that their head or body is in the wrong place.
I think that is what Doshu did. He convinced my body even as I was attacking him so that my mind had not yet caught up and I lost concious track of what was happening. My body could react that fast but my mind couldn't. I was operating on reflex rather than conciousness so my mind never registered the pounding.
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