Aikido moves in movies

Just came across Seagal's moves on you tube and I thought you might enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YVd6ae4_M&feature=related

@ Embassy Fri 25 Nov 2011

Ukemis were in order at the beginning of class. How comes when you think you have mastered the ukemis, or at least mae ukemi, then you realised you know nothing! Oh well practice and more practice I believe.
Attack was Ryote dori. The techniques included

1. Tenchi nage ura and omote
2. Shiho nage
3. And a variatiobn of the Kokyuho technique.

All these were perfomed in two's and later on one tori several ukes (kakarigaiko??) making an otherwise cold evening very sweaty, Daniel next time polepole ;) Anyway thanks for the class.

@ Goan Gymkhana Wed 23 Nov 2011

With the usual warm-ups and ukemis, the class was underway

Stance was Ai-hanmi and Attack Katate-dori, the following techniques were covered:

1. Yonkyo
2. Juji nage
3. Sumi otoshi
4. Koshi nage      

Straight forward techniques, but must mention something about sumi otoshi and koshi nage. In sumi otoshi, depending on your uke, throwing can be done to the opposite direction of the line of attack or to his weakest spot (remember tenchi nage imaginary triangle's weak spot?)

In Koshi nage, the full technique couldn't be done to completion, otherwise it would have marked a premature end to Aikido practice in Kenya. When done to its brutal completion, tori needs to withdraw his front leg otherwise he will do more damage to himself than to uke.

The second and third session saw the practice of weapons that is Jo and  sword Iaido(?)

The practice of jo saw us through sancho 1 through 3.

Sword session dealt with several techniques including iwanami, zangetsu(?) hidari and migi and.....and....and... uhhhmmm....feel free to remind me.

A great session it was and welcome back Polyne.

Seagal and aikido

, sorry about that. This should be the right video. Enjoy!

Seagal and aikido

Some overdue pictures

Simple kokyu-dosa, like this:

From Nairobi Aikikai

sometimes turns into something violent, like here:

From Nairobi Aikikai

whlie others manage to keep it civilized:

From Nairobi Aikikai

Now, kokyu-ho in tachi-waza...

From Nairobi Aikikai

And still - some have no respect to seniority:

From Nairobi Aikikai

Sorry

Just noticed the clip i uploaded yesterday didn't work. I have just tried to upload it again without success. Anyway, we are missing a lot by not having tatami. We need to think more on how to go around this...

Wroclaw aikikai activities

Somehow after watching this my wish for a formal dojo with tatami just got more intense. We have a huge task ahead of us guys.

Monday, November 14, 2011 session at the Goan Gymkhana

Yup that's right! Albert was back this time with a brand new gi and I was looking forward to 'welcoming' his new gi to the dust of the hardwood surface.

Daniel Sempai took over the first hour as is customary and it all began with warm up exercises followed by Ushiro Ukemi combined with Shikko as one advanced forward.
What followed was:
-Shiho Nage in both Ai Hanmi and Gyaku Hanmi Katatedori stances as well as from the Kata Dori stance.
-Yokomenuchi Shihonage.

I must admit Kata Dori Shiho Nage was quite a task for me especially where it involved proper timing when entering with one's head.

The second hour totally belonged to Sensei and the techniques were as follows:
-Ryote Dori Kokyu Nage(Omote and Ura).
-Gyaku Hanmi Katatedori Kokyu Ho.
-Ryokata Dori Kokyu Nage.
-Ai hanmi Katate dori Irimi Nage(Omote and Ura).
-Kokyu Ho Kokyu Dosa which Sensei used to explain the concept behind Ryote Dori kokyu Nage.

Camera lights were flashing from every corner courtesy of Alison and at one point I felt as if we were in the presence of 'paparazzi'.

Great two hours of Aikido capped up by 'Orenai te' which made me understand why total relaxation when executing Aikido techniques makes a very big difference.....

Friday, November 11, 2011 session at the Japan Information and Culture Centre hall

It was yet another Friday and I was looking forward to ending a tiring week with two hours of sweating,rolling and joint twisting.

After Mae Ukemi from Suwari Waza to and from the 'dojo' several times,we were all set for the day's techniques.

Sensei had an array of techniques on offer and they were as follows in no particular order:
-Gyaku Hanmi Katatedori Sumi Otoshi.
-Ai Hanmi Katate dori:Kote Gaeshi,Nikyo Ura and Uchi Kaiten Nage.
-Ryote Dori Shiho Nage.
-A variant of Tenchi Nage.

It was a great two hours and once again we had a new entrant and after having his wrists get a feel of Nikyo,I wonder if we will see him again...

Friday, November 4, 2011 session at the Japan Information and Culture Centre hall

The day's curtain raiser was the usual warm up exercises followed by Mae and Ushiro Ukemi from both Suwari Waza and Tachi Waza and it all went well except for my usual blunders here and there especially executing Mae Ukemi over two persons which I seriously need to practise thoroughly not forgetting the other version of Ushiro Ukemi where one lands on both feet which was really awesome.

The day's techniques were as follows:-
From Suwari Waza:
-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo (Omote and Ura)
-Shomen Uchi Nikyo (Omote and Ura).

From the Yokomen Uchi attack,there was:
-Sankyo (Omote and Ura)
-Nikyo (Omote and Ura).

To add onto the above techniques there was:
-Ai Hanmi Katate dori Shiho Nage Ura.
-Ryote dori Tenchi Nage (Omote and Ura).

Sensei once again stressed the importance of continuity on the part of Tori, i.e. Tori should not add any of his energy into Uke's attack but rather use Uke's energy to execute a technique.

It was a superb two hours and I look forward to the next session on Monday, November 7...