WATCH: Kokyunage with INSIDE turn and vacuum

We Aikido-ka do a lot of techniques from gyaku hanmi, where the outside of our arm (or the omote side) is facing the omote side of our partner’s arm.

Sometimes we don’t do as much where the inside (or ura side or our arm) and our partner’s ura side are facing each other - in other words, using an inside turn.

Today’s video is from a seminar I did a couple months ago in Bonn, Germany. In these clips, we’re working on turning inward. I stress not forcing your partner, by keeping one direction of a spiral, rather than reversing it.

I hope today’s video will give you some insight, inspiration, and motivation, helping you take your Aikido to the next level in 2023!

Let’s check it out.