WATCH: AIKIDO: Iriminage - What variations do you do at your dojo

How do you do Iriminage? I find that there are so many variations of this technique.

Today’s video is from our Aikido Summer Seminar in Los Angeles last May.

I taught a few different variations of Iriminage. But the theme throughout was to keep the posture through the whole technique. Lots of people look down as they turn. And this is often a contributing factor to disengagement with their partner from their center.

So you’ll see and hear me tell people to “keep their eyes on the wall” a number of times in this video. And to “draw a line on the wall with their eyes.” In other words, they should pick one point on the wall. Because there are turns involved, they should pick a point on the wall and then keep their eyes at that level as they execute the turns.

I hope today’s video will give you some insight, inspiration, and motivation to help you make the most of your training and take your Aikido to the next level.

Let’s check it out.