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Old 12-20-2001, 09:45 PM   #7
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To add a question to the post...

I've seen a lot of people do shihonage and at the last point they have one hand on uke's hand locking it. But their centre is facing away from uke so it looks as if they are attempting a one handed throw.

Osensei's picture shows him facing dead centre to uke, sometimes with his head bowed to uke's hand. I've always been taught to face uke's centre with mine. I'm just wondering whether that should always be the case.

The reason for asking is that the people I saw doing the one handed throw (especially the flipping shihonage throws) are very senior japanese aikidokas. Not all but some.

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