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Old 01-19-2008, 03:42 PM   #7
James Edwards
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Re: How do you do your koshinage?

I have seen your clips of the koshinage a couple of times before Mr. Stenudd and I really find it helpful in seeing how the technique is done In class we are also told to position our body diagonally to create a space in front of the uke for him to fall into. It's really interesting that you mentioned the link between koshinage and kokyunage. In my opinion it seems like koshinage is pretty much a kokyunage with a much closer centre-to-centre connection if that makes sense, even a "tripping" kokyunage.

I've been looking at the koshinage from other arts as well. Found some Judo koshi waza just now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBfo_ttlAqI
noticed many similarities in it but it seems like in Aikido we just use the basic version of it. "Vanilla" if you may while in Judo they seem to have emphasis on the "tripping" part of it. On most of them the guy still kept his legs together though.

Another clip here, this time from Sumo (around 41 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEe-UIvftUg
There seems to be aiki aspects in this one as the wrestler seemed to do a tenkan and grabbed the other guy's neck to bring up his leg and throw. The commentator called it a koshinage but it looks more like a kokyunage done by holding the neck and leg. A sort of grey area of both techniques. His legs also had a wider stance to provide stability and prevent himself from being dragged down it seems.

Does anyone have a link to a clip of O-sensei performing the throw?
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