![]() ![]() In addition to my Shodokan training, I also train at my local traditional dojo (Hi Paul ) when I can. But that being said, I'm still pretty unfamiliar with traditional aikido terminology. I thought of gyakugamaeate as more equivalent to sokumen iriminage than anything else. (Sorry if it seemed I was ignoring you, I must've missed this post somehow.) I always thought that the principle of avoiding "double-weighting" was taught in all Aikido dojos! Maybe it's something more local to us. This is very similar to Judo's o-soto-gari, and lands uke on his head if you're not gentle about it. In this case as we bring uke's torso/arm down we sweep the inner leg up. One of many examples where we use a foot sweep is when we do shihonage. ![]() In a one-footed version of shomenuchi ikkyo that we like to practice, while one foot is firmly connecting the ground to uke's downward strike - the other foot is raised up ready to strike uke's knee.) Sometimes this one-footed technique is brought to extremes. The only times that we're double-weighted is when we're modelling other stances from Karate, Judo etc. In fact we're criticised if we are "double-weighted": with even weight on both feet. It is the basis for our weight-shifting power generation. I'd say in our Dojo most of our techniques are done with one foot always taking most of the weight. We don't have anything like the version where uke is grabbed by the crotch, although I expect that would be way effective I'll use it the next randori I'm in! Otherwise his head can be driven into the mat with his and nage's mass behind it. Uke invariably goes into a flat spin and lands flat on his back. In the not-so-kind version, nage scoops uke as before but with a powerful twisting of the hips toward uke. In the kind version, nage scoops uke at the knees, rototating uke's body around his center of mass and then drops uke straight down to the mat. There are two versions: the kind version and the not-so-kind version. We do it a lot from ushiro ryokatadori and similar attacks. The sukuinage shown in the first pic on the second page is what we call aiki otoshi. We emphasize turning the hips a little more, but it's more or less the same technique. Since this thread is also a little bit about judo techniques, I think its also a pretty small step from that technique, into sukuinage.Īctually what I'm describing looks very much like Gyakugamaeate as depicted in the animated GIF on that page. Does it look like the sokumen iriminage you have in mind? Theres an animated gif of Nariyama Shihan performing gedanate on this page of the Shodokan honbu website. Your description sounds a lot like the technique we Shodokan types call 'gedanate'. Could traditional judo foot sweeps be that much different? Sweeping uke over our hip/thigh or stepping on uke's foot might compromise our balance. Care has to be taken to get off the foot or uke can get hurt. Then when nage turns/applies hip power, uke ends up getting swept across the thigh/hip.Īnother thing that we sometimes practice is stepping on one of uke's feet to keep the foot in place in order to prevent uke from regaining his balance. There are some examples, but that's not what I want to talk about.ĭid we do Morotedori Kokyuho when you visited? We often do this in a way that nage slips his thigh/leg behind uke so that uke can't regain his balance. Our dojo rarely does anything where we interact with uke with a foot off the ground. ![]() Hi Louis! Long time, no exchange of bytes. This movement is not so much a forceful displacement of uke's leg, but rather a subtle means of creating further unbalance of uke. For example, during Sumiotoshi the nage can use the leg closest to uke to perform a "sweep". I've practiced leg sweeps in conjunction with other Aikido techniques. ![]()
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