Here are some more notes of ideas I want to train. For my more structured notes on (Aikikai) Aikido (grading, techniques, etiquette, etc.) see this page written in Dutch and translatable to English.
Tenshin Aikido
I practice Aikikai Aikido, but I also like to explore other related martial arts and other styles of Aikido. One of these other Aikido styles is Tenshin Aikido. Many of the throws and immobilizations in Tenshin are more or less the same as in Aikikai. However, how Tenshin practitioners get to these techniques can differ.
Below videos on deflections (Uke) and evasions (Tai Sabaki) show some techniques and ideas that are not absent in Aikikai, but less, or differently practiced compared to Tenshin Aikido. I think these are worth exploring.
Deflections
Evasions
Uke waza (deflection techniques)
In Aikikai Aikido we do not train specific techniques for deflecting punches and kicks. Don’t get me wrong, we do train them, but they are not formalized and we do not have names for specific techniques.
- Suri Age (deflection ‘sword arm’. Used in Aikikai, but not specifically named and trained)
- Shikaku (blind spot. The place you wanna be in or move to :-))
- Uke Nagaeshi (from the inside position moving to the outside. I have not seen this in Aikikai)
Tai sabaki (Evasions)
- Tenkan (pivot, same in Aikikai)
- Henkan in Aikikai (in the video it is called Tenkan while keep facing forward)
- Reversed Tenkan (this is called Irimi Tenkan in Aikikai)
- Irimi (same in Aikikai)
Randori
Randori is about handling multiple opponents.