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Amir Krause wrote:
Look at the second video, it starts with Shomen atte (at 8th second), then a straight front hand strike towards the head (too light to be jab in this case, at 11th second) , a second shomen ate at 14th second as the guy comes up, then attempts to getting to face for a throw or strike (20th second to 22nd), a back hand strike at 27th second, and attack towards face at 28th,
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Getting in contact by directing one hand to the partner with the intention to enable an aikido movement is not what I would call striking. Maybe this work can be called an extended form of ki-awase.
I do not say it's not a good way of training, it's a mode in which this kind of playing with techniques can be done, real striking would be counterproductive to the aim of this exercise.