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Phil Van Treese wrote:
In Tomiki, "elbow power" is called "Hiriki" and moves up the center of an opponent. We always do Hiriki in class and it shows when my students go to seminars of a different style. Coupled with the movement of hiriki is the use and movement of the wrist. Sounds simple but it isn't.
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Which brings us neatly back to the original post:
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Christopher Li wrote:
Interesting tidbit - pointed out by one of my guys.
He was looking through "Budo: Teachings of the Founder of Aikido" (the John Stevens translation), and mentioned that he couldn't find any mention of "Elbow Power".
So I looked through the original Japanese and sure enough there was:
第四十九 臂力の養成
"49. Elbow Power Development" The translation in "Budo: Teachings of the Founder of Aikido":
"49. Developing Arm Power"
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So...Kenji Tomiki and Gozo Shioda both translated "Hiriki" as "Elbow Power" - but we see that not only has it mostly vanished as a core concept from modern Aikido, but what is usually considered the canonical translation is...wrong.
Isn't that interesting?
Best,
Chris