Uketachi | Uchitachi |
Chudan no kamae | Chudan no kamae |
Slide step tsuki | |
Step off the line and slap bokken down | |
Retreat | |
Step through and tsuki | |
Guard, then push back to jodan | |
Yokomen | |
Guard |
Surprisingly, Saito's description follows until the last exchange.
Uketachi | Uchitachi |
1. Right hanmi | Right hanmi |
2-3. Step forward on the right foot and tsuki. Move the left foot into the position of hito e mi. | Do a thrust |
4-5. Hold your opponent's bokken down. | |
6-7. Stand in left hanmi and defend with a tsuki. | Without resisting, flow with uke's movement, bring the bokken around up from below and thrust (left hanmi) |
8-11. Step back with the left foot, defend as if cutting down, and adopt the attitude of a tsuki. | Parry his thrust and do an uchikomi |
OGI Aikido | Bokken | Jo © SAP 17 Dec. 1996