Chapter IV – Training in Aiki #3
Aiki demonstrates the mysterious workings of the soul of sounds (kototama) – キ其業ハ言魂ノ妙用ラ示 – O Sensei Morihei Ueshiba – Budō
Aiki demonstrates the mysterious workings of the soul of sounds (kototama) – キ其業ハ言魂ノ妙用ラ示 – O Sensei Morihei Ueshiba – Budō
The ken linear study exercise was designed by Morihiro Saito so that it could be broken down into different directions without altering the initial technical sequence in any way.
Point 18 of Budō reveals a major arcane of Aikido: the manifestation of Aiki is related to the ten-chi vertical action.
In Aikido, one moves up and down along a vertical axis, regardless of the technique.
The action that raises uke towards the sky in the shiho nage movement, by blocking the three joints of his arm on a vertical axis for a fraction of a second, is the application of the ten-chi principle.
It was Gilles Vigneault's incredible phrasing, in the rhythm of "Danse à Saint-Dilon", that made me dream of Quebec, but it is only now that I have the opportunity to visit the land of winter.