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Old 09-25-2007, 04:57 PM   #20
G DiPierro
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Re: Kuzushi, Tsukuri, Kake and stuff...

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Christian Moses wrote: View Post
This is in stark contrast to someone like Mifune (sample vid here, his randori starts at about 2:09), who manages to pull off some pretty amazing one motion stuff but still keeps the phases of the throw in their correct order. You can tell by watching uke, their body is stuck in space while he re-positions for the throw. Yes, it's all one motion, but it's correct motion. Hope that's clearer. (Note, that I realize that Tissier was demonstrating/talking, but this is how a lot of people do their waza, so I think it's still useful as an example.)
Amazing how similar Mifune looks to this guy. The techniques are different because they are doing different arts, but they have the same kind of stiffness when someone is trying to throw them coupled with a softness and relaxation when they are throwing. And they both do all elements of the throw correctly.

Sad that this is the exception rather than the rule in aikido. Most people train the way Tissier does, with no real understanding of how to do a throw effectively. Even his tsukuri is often lacking: notice the clash with uke's arm as he enters into the yokomenuchi at 1:00. Uke visibly bounces back before moving forward again, and Tissier even knew in advance exactly what the attack would be! It's not surprising the that overall standard of aikido is so poor when someone who is ranked as high as Tissier shows so many fundamental errors. He mostly is just manhandling a cooperative partner, and too often this is what passes for "good martial aikido" these days.
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