Hanmi: our stance. Feet about shoulder width apart. Heel and toes in line at about a 90 degree angle. 60% of your body weight should be resting on your front foot. Migi hanmi means right stance; Hidari hanmi means left stance.
- Ai-hanmi - "harmonious/mutual stance" describes both partners having the same foot forward (i.e right/right; left/left)
- Gyaku-hanmi - "opposite/reverse stance" describes when the partners are facing each other with opposite feet (i.e left/right or right/left)
Kamae: "ready posture" describes your state of readiness having adopted a relaxed stance with your leading hand curved and outstretched before you, your rear hand lightly protecting your lower half.
Ukemi: a way to protect yourself when thrown by rolling or "taking uke"
- mae ukemi - forward roll
- ushiro ukemi - backward roll
- yoko ukemi - side roll
Tai sabaki: body movements which form the building blocks for our aikido techniques.
- irimi - entering (with the body). Slide your back foot forward, settle into your new hanmi.
- tenkan - turning (180 degrees). Lift the heel of the leading foot, swivel on it, draw your rear foot back as you swing around to face in the opposite direction.
- irimi tenkan - a combination of the the above two movements, first entering then turning. Avoid making a half-turn in the first phase of the movement.
- tsugi ashi - slide /continuous step. Slide the front foot forward, then slide the back foot up until you regain your shoulder width stance.
Attacks:
- katate-dori: wrist being held
Techniques:
- ikkyo - 1st principle of aikido, immobilisation technique
- irimi-nage - entry throw. Also affectionately known as the 21-year technique
- shiho-nage - 4-corner throw
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1 comment:
Hi, I think soto ukemi is a side roll, not yoko
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