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Old 07-26-2003, 12:55 AM   #10
PeterR
 
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Hi Larry;

Like I said the aigame-ate is pretty standard. The cradle the chin and jaw in one's palm to get more head control really is the most efficient way to do the technique. If you read the post again I was talking about targetting for damge (not that as loving caring Aikido type people we would ever do that)and the relatively small shift required.

In shomen-ate as you say travel south a little bit.

Gyakugamae-ate - rotate tegatana slightly and strike the temple with the protruding wrist bone.

Aigamae-ate - not the adam's apple but the area under the jaw and slightly to the side. As you say - south. I find that to do this I had not only to rotate the tegatana slightly but bring my elbow a bit more to centre.

The efficiency of these techniques rely on body control and with good timing the hard strikes don't really offer any increase and may be detrimental to the application. But there are times.....

You mentioned shime-waza - I'm having a lot of personal fun exploring transitions to those from various kihon waza.

Peter Rehse Shodokan Aikido
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