
Kote 小手
The techniques of kote gaeshi, nikyo and sankyo are not ‘wrist lock’ techniques, as is too often said.
The techniques of kote gaeshi, nikyo and sankyo are not ‘wrist lock’ techniques, as is too often said.
It is essential to distinguish between what, in Aikido, comes under the heading of the learning method, which only works with a single opponent, and what comes under the heading of the reality of martial movement, which allows you to manage the four directions.
Tai no sen involves jutai-type practice: union with the dynamics of the opponent's movement, conforming to the flow of his energy (ki no nagare).
Every Aikido movement is a rotation in which tori is the center. Tori must therefore take the center of the movement and occupy it until it ends.