I like the look of TrueAiki.com. I think it looks pretty classy. I DO NOT like the organization of TrueAiki.com. In order to get the most from reading True Aiki I think one necessarily needs to start out by reading the first blogs to get an idea of what is Read more
I imagine that many in the Aikido community has heard of the symbolic meanings of the triangle, circle and square. One might have also heard of the physical meanings to the shapes as well. Triangle is irimi, Circle is tankan, and Square is Osae. But has knowing these things helped your Read more
Vermutlich hat der Großteil der Aikido-Gemeinde von der symbolischen Bedeutung von Dreieck, Kreis und Quadrat gehört, und andererseits wahrscheinlich auch von der physikalischen Bedeutung dieser Formen: das Dreieck ist irimi, der Kreis ist tenkan und das Quadrat ist osae. Aber hat dieses Wissen dein tatsächliches Training verbessern können? Mit anderen Read more
Ueshiba Morihei is rather known for an iconic throw that he seemed to do with greater frequency as he got older. An uke would begin to approach him and he would put his hand up to uke’s face and uke would be thrown. Sometimes Ueshiba sensei would touch uke’s face Read more
Ueshiba Morihei is rather known for an iconic throw that he seemed to do with greater frequency as he got older. An uke would begin to approach him and he would put his hand up to uke’s face and uke would be thrown. Sometimes Ueshiba sensei would touch uke’s face Read more
This demonstration looks very similar to Shioda sensei’s typical one. When uke powerfully approaches, the intended victim suddenly opens their carried umbrella in uke’s face seemingly knocking uke backwards. In my opinion this is normally more of an act than an actual throw, but that is largely because uke knows Read more
Diese Übung sieht sehr ähnlich aus wie der zuvor beschriebene für Shioda Sensei typische “Wurf”. Wenn Uke kraftvoll auf sein vermeintliches Opfer zukommt, öffnet dieses plötzlich den mit sich geführten Papierschirm, kasa, in Richtung Uke, der dadurch anscheinend heftig zurückgestoßen wird. Meiner Ansicht nach ist das eher eine Handlung als Read more
A classic example of Daito Ryu and/or Aikido disrupting dynamic equilibrium is the often-seen demonstration of Gozo Shioda bouncing back a significantly larger uke that has come to give him a powerful shove. This “throw” can be explained using the example of the “castle stairs” trap. When constructing a castle, it was sometimes the practice Read more
Ein klassisches Beispiel aus dem Daito Ryu oder auch Aikido dafür, wie ein dynamisches Gleichgewicht gestört wird, ist die oft gezeigte Vorführung von Gozo Shioda. Ein deutlich größerer Uke kommt auf ihn zu, um ihm einen Stoß zu versetzen, und “prallt” sozusagen von ihm ab. Diese Art “Wurf” lässt sich Read more
Hi TrueAiki readers. What happened to Allen? I thought he was retiring and going to have all of this extra time on his hands to post on TrueAiki. Well, I did retire. (As you know.) Then I studied hard over the summer and passed the National Academy of Sports Medicine’s Read more