I have to admit Irimi nage is in the category of moves I dont like.
One of my main dislikes in the 'main' groups of techniques.
Though at the same time its a technique that I respect and see its potential effectiveness if done correctly as well as mastering the many ways of executing it.
Just yesterday was iriminage day.
Thankfully - and I mean that. Its something I need to embrace and master because it does have merit.
And what I realized and was learning was the 100 million ways of going about executing this in different scenarios.
I admit its a bit advanced for me, Im still a bit sloppy with just the basic technique.
But all that to say that indeed there is more way than one to go about this technique.
Aikido is truly amazing when someone who knows what they are doing does it. (And by this I mean they flow with it and you can tell that variations of a technique come to them naturally.)
But then again Sensei has been doing this for 10+ years and I have been doing this since May 2007 with approx. 5 month break in there.
Peace
dAlen