Uketachi | Uchitachi |
Chudan no kamae | Chudan no kamae |
Jodan no kamae, right foot back | |
Slide step forward, then lower tip | |
Shomen cut with step (kiai) | Cut obliquely up, bokken point to uke's chest, step out with the left foot and bring up the right |
Gyaku yokomen | |
Guard (keep elbows close), right foot back, tsuki | |
Right yokomen (kiai) | |
Guard high | |
Rotate clockwise | Rotate clockwise |
Low yokomen | |
Guard | |
High yokomen | |
Guard |
Saito's description is not too dissimilar.
Uketachi | Uchitachi | ||
1. Right hanmi | Right hanmi | ||
2-4. Step widely to the left with the left foot and strike down | Shomen uchi komi | ||
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Turn the body into left hanmi and defend. | ||
7-8. Defend by stepping back with the left foot. | Uchi komi. | ||
9-10. Raise opponent's bokken and move forward to grasp hi bokken. | |||
11-12. Move into left hanmi. | Do not grasp his bokken but flow moving to the opponent's back and strike his leg. | ||
13-14. Defend by stepping back with the left foot. | Uchi komi. |
OGI Aikido | Bokken | Jo © SAP 17 Dec. 1996