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As we finish up the month of January and all of the Ushiro Tekubi-tori arts that we worked on, we look forward to the month of February where we will look at what occurs when you have multiple attackers. Randori, Jiyu waza, or taninzu-gake is described as the practice of defending against multiple attackers without knowing how they will attack or in what order, all of this happening in quick succession. As I think about Randori, I try and look at it from the attackers prospective first. Then what do I think would work as an attack. First, I would make an assumption that the person being attacked by multiple people would likely not stay in the same place. So if they are moving, me being an attacker and I didn’t have a weapon, I would more than likely need to perform some type of grab as part of my attack to make sure I was actually going to hit them instead missing them entirely. So this narrows down the attacks to things like Kata-tori Men-uchi, Ryo-kata-tori, Kata-tori, or even wrist grabs. Randori via Ryo-kata-toriSo starting this weekend we will begin looking at Ryo-kata-tori, two hand grab to two shoulders and then we will progress from there to get us to Randori.
So this past week we have been making our movements more dynamic; moving with our attacker and blending into the movements. We talked about us being in control during the attack and how the position of our hand begins to dictate the direction that our attacker is moving. This week we will look at using the Ushiro Tekubitori as our foundation and show that we are capable to apply it to most types of Ushiro, grabs from behind.
Ushiro Tekubitori BlendingUshiro Tekubi-tori Leading HandUshiro Tekubi-tori Controlling your Attacker
As we continue working on our Ushiro Tekubi-tori arts adding some more variations on those that we learned in previous weeks. This week will be focused on a forward movement versus stepping backwards into our opponent; performing most of the same arts as in the previous weeks we will look at how the arts evolve by changing our initial approach to stepping forward than backwards.
As promised, I have some videos describing the first couple of arts, along with a discussion around the basic backward movement we started with. It's apparent that we need a tripod to make these better, but we are trying and we can only go up from here. :)
Ushiro Tekubi-tori BasicsUshiro Tekubi-tori IkkyoUshiro Tekubi-tori NikkyoUshiro Tekubi-tori SankyoOkay, so the first SNOWMEGADDON of 2019 laid waste to our second Saturday class. So we have dug ourselves out and we are ready to continue to working on Ushiro Tekubi-tori arts this Monday. We will continue to work on the basic movements on bringing our hands forward along our hips and the begin lifting our arms so our attackers arms are on top of ours. I will add some pictures and videos of this this week, as I was planning to do on Saturday but was thwarted by SNOWMEGADDON. This week will discuss four arts since everyone was able to complete the first three so quickly. :) Arts
Ushiro-Tekubi-tori Juji-nage Definition Attack - Ushiro Tekubi-tori - Uke grabs both of your wrists and holds them behind you Reaction – Juji nage - A throw that locks the arms against each other at the elbow (The kanji for "10" is a cross-shape: 十) Pronunciation ooh-she-row tay-koo-be -tow-ree jew-jee-nah-gay Ushiro-Tekubi-tori Kokyu-nage (Sayu-nage) Definition Attack - Ushiro Tekubi-tori - Uke grabs both of your wrists and holds them behind you Reaction – Kokyu nage (Sayu nage) - A family of throws focused on breathing and/or timing, the arm forms an extended yet 'curved like a sword' arm. Pronunciation ooh-she-row tay-koo-be -tow-ree coke-you-nah-gay (ooh-she-row tay-koo-be -tow-ree Sigh-you-nah-gay) Ushiro-Tekubi-tori Irimi-nage Definition Attack - Ushiro Tekubi-tori - Uke grabs both of your wrists and holds them behind you Reaction – Irimi-nage – An entering throw in which you move through the space occupied by the attacker. It often resembles a "clothesline" technique. Pronunciation ooh-she-row tay-koo-be -tow-ree Ear-e-me-nah-gay Ushiro-Tekubi-tori Kote-gaeshi Definition Attack - Ushiro Tekubi-tori - Uke grabs both of your wrists and holds them behind you Reaction – Kotegaeshi – is a supinating wrist lock, rotating the wrist so that the palm is facing upward, and is generally translated as "wrist throw". The throw works on the manipulation of the wrist, which turns the fore-arm, then the shoulder, then the whole body. Pronunciation ooh-she-row tay-koo-be -tow-ree Ko-tey-guy-ash-ee This week we began with talking about the initial attack of Ushiro Tekubi-tori and the application of the first three teachings in Aikido from this attack; Ikkyo, Nikkyo, and Sankyo. The Basics Starting from a static position:
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Ushiro Tekubi-tori Ikkyo Definition Attack - Ushiro Tekubi-tori - Uke grabs both of your wrists and holds them behind you Reaction - Ikkyo - The first technique; a basic technique in which the attacker is unbalanced through the application of pressure on the elbow and while holding near the wrist to leverage them to the ground. Pronunciation ooh-she-row tay-koo-be -tow-ree ee-key-yo Ushiro-Tekubi-tori Nikyo Definition Attack - Ushiro Tekubi-tori - Uke grabs both of your wrists and holds them behind you Reaction - Nikyo - The second technique; a basic technique in which the attacker is unbalanced through the application of a pronating wristlock that torques the arm and applies painful nerve pressure. Pronunciation ooh-she-ro tay-koo-be -tow-ree knee-key-yo Ushiro-Tekubi-tori Sankyo Definition Attack - Ushiro Tekubi-tori - Uke grabs both of your wrists and holds them behind you Reaction - Sankyo - The third technique; a basic technique in which the attacker is unbalanced through the application of a twisting/rotational movement of the wrist and fingers that directs upward-spiraling tension throughout the arm, elbow and shoulder. Pronunciation ooh-she-row tay-koo-be -tow-ree saa-n-key-yo This month we will be focusing on Ushiro Tekubi-tori; this art is focused on a wrist grab from behind. It can be started from a static position with the attacker already behind you or what is more often practiced in the dojo of where the attacker starts in front of you and grabs an out stretched wrist and proceeds around behind you to grab the other wrist. As with almost always when working with a foreign language there are other ways that this could be called; such as Ushiro Ryote-dori which is also two hand grab from behind. For our specific instruction we will be using Ushiro Tekubi-tori to describe the rear hand grab but understand if you visit other dojos they may use different terminology and if you are unsure you should ask. Below is the definition and breakdown that we will be focused on this month: Definition
Ushiro Tekubi-tori are Arts that start with the Uke grabbing both of the wrists of the Nage from behind or ending with Uke behind Nage with them holding both wrists. Breakdown Ushiro - Back, backwards, behind. Tekubi - Wrist, "neck of hand". Tori - to grab, hold, take, pick. Pronunciation ooh-she-row tay-koo-be -tow-ree The goal of this blog is to discuss the class curriculum and provide a resource for students to review what was discussed in class. This will be broken down weekly with a focus on the specific set of arts planned for the month. I hope that this will be interactive. We hope to be able to upload photos, videos, and text about what was discussed in class. Students are welcome to ask questions and help drive the instruction. This is my first time using this blog feature so excuse any mistakes and feel free to ask questions.
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AuthorSensei Todd Dodson has been practicing Aikido for over 18 years and is affiliated with Aikido Hawaii International (AHI), chaired by Kaulukukui Sensei, through Sarpy Aikido Club in Omaha, Nebraska, chaired by Christenham Sensei . CategoriesArchives |
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