07/06/2026
How to be disliked by everyone π. Hated by the traditionalist as too aggressive and hated by the realists as not real. Yet people comment without reading...like watching a boxer punch a punch bag and commenting that its no good because the bag doesn't hit back π€¦π»π...this is an exercise...its not self defence against three people all attacking with a right punch and rolling away...so...the exercise is condensing the Kaiten Nage...its about ensuring primary applications happen first...in this case, moving off line, a parry, and then atemi, in this exercise a forearm smash to the neck and then making attachment to the back of the neck...as per Kaiten Nage...an atemi with knee to also help bring uke down...the roll or ukemi doesn't matter...thats just our Aikido, as the style to allow Tori to then move through the technique. The Three attackers are not multiple attackers...they are just three practice s for Tori and add pressure in timing. Uke also reacts intentionally to Toris atemi...uke softens from a strike to the neck and then also from a a knee to the midsection.
So...when we practice it next time we will wear combats and gum shields and then its 'real' π
This is not self protection, its an exercise of which some building blocks go towards, as we practice as anspect of Aikido.
Atemi Aikibudo Aikido Club, teaching traditional aikido with modern self defence applications. Thursdays 7pm to 8.30pm, Tamworth Enterprise College, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 2NE, UK.
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