Morote dori - How to grasp
In the morote dori grip, the opponent's arm is held like a sword, the back of his forearm embodying the back of the blade.
Morote dori
Aikido DNA
When the movement of Aikido is performed correctly, it is connected to DNA, to the great cosmic serpent that unites all living beings under the sun.
The tenkan effect
Tenkan is impossible without irimi, but irimi is powerless without tenkan. There is a tenkan effect on uke which moves him.
One finger control
‘Kata mo hiji mo koshi mo kimochi o sagete’, which means ‘lower your shoulders, elbows, hips and feeling’.
The primary spiral
Every time you do shiho nage, ikkyo is there, and every time you do ikkyo, shiho nage is there. They are like two sides of the same coin.
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