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Old 11-28-2009, 08:35 AM   #15
davidafindlay
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Re: Tanden Usage in Aikido - re Tetsutaka Sugawara

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Larry Camejo wrote: View Post
Finally, there is a clip of Nariyama Shihan that to me shows a bit of the concept as well. It is here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1QAv0FIQyE. The one Shishida showed however used a lot less body movement.
I know the clip well (I was behind the camera )

IMHO that first waza is pretty gross manifestation of bouncing uke. Its setting up intent to reflect uke straight back and up. Its an application of what should be hiriki/kokyu IMO. The "reverse" downwards thing is essentially the same, I'm pretty sure.

So are you saying you actually took this waza from Shishida? What did it feel like?

Cheers,
D

Yeah, sorry, forgot to reference Shishida's name on the quote

Dave Findlay
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