Thread: Aiki-jo Awasei
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Old 05-11-2007, 04:38 AM   #2
grondahl
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Re: Aiki-jo Awasei

There is a difference between awase-forms and kumi-forms. The partnered version of the 31 Kata is usally called 31 Kumijo.
There is according to most senior Iwama-style teachers that I have trained for no kumi-form for the 13 kata, there is hovewer an awase-form.

In the awase form, the 13 kata is more or less done as normal and the "uke" moves around so that all the techniques in the kata are defenses against tsuki.
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