Kokyunage by Hitohiro Saito Sensei

In this video Hitohiro Saito Sensei demonstrates Kokyunage during his Aikido seminar in Florida in November 2007. I perform ukemi for him at the beginning of the video, then my sensei Stephanie Yap, and last but certainly not least Charlie.

[@frozenicelolly]

The last bit is pretty awesome. He seems like a very good teacher.

[@jlirving]

Fantastic. H Saito Sensei demonstrates here how aikido works. He shows us what DOESN'T work, i.e. pulling and pushing, and then what DOES work, i.e. using the kokyu technique to raise the uke and capture his/her balance, and then the nage moving from his/her center to complete the throw. Domo arigato.

[@esceptico3]

Saito sensei es genial!!

[@ontoverse]

@1.59 My sensei did that to me, and I sure felt like a fool skipping along, however much I tried to stand firm. Before I knew it, I was looking at the ceiling.

[@pwilliamsaiki]

techinage was taught later. this was a kokyu exercise that draws in uke and redirects them out. tenchinage is executed directly and with bottom hand moved behind uke. this is a practice of kokyu, a very dificult and advanced technique.

[@Avieno]

Very interesting.. Thank you so much!

[@jongun]

Cool, some important stuff there I think.

[@pwilliamsaiki]

yes

[@jamesshirley]

Really nice, I love Kokyunages.