Basic Principles Of Aikido

Relax
Keep your weight under
Keep your one point
Extend Ki

Basic Exercises (Aiki taiso)


• Wrist exercise # 1 - Ikkyo
• Wrist exercise # 2 - Kote Gaeshi
• Wrist exercise # 3 - Nikyo
• Wrist exercise # 4 - Sankyo
• Rowing
• High swing - Shomen uchi Ikkyo
• High swing - (pivot) - Zengo undo
• Wrist lead - Kokyu ho undo
• Lateral swing - Sayu undo
• Lateral swing (movement)
• Spin - ude furi undo
• Forward extension - Ushiro tori undo
• Downward extension - Ushiro tekubi tori zenshin undo
• Eight way - happo undo
• Samurai walk
• Tumbling - Ukemi waza


Techniques

Introduction

• Ikkyo
• Nikyo
• Sankyo
• Kotegashi
• Shihonage
• Kaiten nage
• Irimi nage
• Suwari waza
• Combination Techniques

All the techniques will be demonstrated from the following attacks:

-katate tori (same and opposite sides)
-kata tori
-Ushiro
-Shomenuchi
-Yokomunchi
-Munetski
-and both omoto and ura

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