Chapter II - #6 - Yonkajo 四ケ条
Yonkajo is the family that includes all techniques that act simultaneously on both the elbow and shoulder joints. Two movements form the core of this technique: yonkyo and tenchi nage.
The unique book of the founder of Aikido, decrypted by Philippe Voarino from the original Japanese text.
Yonkajo is the family that includes all techniques that act simultaneously on both the elbow and shoulder joints. Two movements form the core of this technique: yonkyo and tenchi nage.
The kajos are laws defining the links that bind the Aikido techniques together. These laws relate to the locking of the joints of the human arm.
一法ヲ應用ス ‘Apply the first Law’. For O Sensei, gokyo was not the fifth immobilisation, it was the First Law....
O Sensei's intention to reveal the ability of reason to apprehend the mechanisms of the way was not identified in the English translation, which abusively converted a precise meaning into a general idea.
Kyo (教) has dethroned kajo (ケ条), techniques have taken the place normally occupied by laws.
The outline of Tadashi Abe's book is identical to the outline followed by Morihei Ueshiba in Budō.
日々ノ練習ニ際シテハ先ッ體ノ變更 - Daily training begins with tai no henkō. There is an Aiki strategy......