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Old 07-24-2009, 10:27 PM   #10
rob_liberti
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Re: History of nomenclature for Aikido techniques

Colon notation would be difficult. It might be something like
"relative vertical" : "relative horizontal" : "attack" : "technique" : "mode"

Examples:
"tachi-tori / suwari-waza / hanmi handachi" :
"ai-hanmi / gyaku-hanmi / ushiro-waza" :
"shomen-uchi / yokomen-uchi / etc." :
"ikkyo" :
"omote waza"

As an aside, I never could much care about ai-hanmi verse gyaku-hanmi. Whenever someone corrects my initial stance prior to my symbolic attack, I generally just thank them and think "give me a break; what's the big difference here?!"

Rob
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