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Old 09-29-2001, 04:06 AM   #11
C. de Boisblanc
Dojo: Aikibudokan Dojo
Location: Houston
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Ikkyo

First teaching; refers in aikido to a basic technique in which the
attacker is unbalanced through the application of pressure on the elbow and shoulder of his outstretched arm which is followed by a pinning movement which immobilizes the opponent's arm at a 45 degree angle to his body with pressure applied to both the elbow and wrist. Formerly called IKKAJO, Morihei Ueshiba demonstrating ikkyo (ikkajo) Uke: Shigemi Yonekawa, Noma Dojo (1935) a term still used in YOSHINKAN AIKIDO and DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU.
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