= Aikido notes

Budogi jacket fabric: 200g/m²


Convention:
  The attacker attacks on the side of the front leg in case of yokomenuchi
  The attacker attacks on the side of the rear leg in case of shomenuchi & tsuki

== Four levels of the “Iwama Curriculum”

https://cos-aikido.com/2018/07/17/iwama-curriculum-notes-part-1/
  1. Kotai (Solid body)
  2. Jutai (Soft body)
  3. Ryutai (Flowing Body)
  4. Kitai (Energy Body)

== Book “Balance in motion”

Naginata  薙刀 halberd
Yari  槍 spear
tradititional japanese dance  日本舞踊
Noh  能


Hizanuki  unplugging the knee
Kokyuryoku  breathing power
Kiryoku  power of Ki         }
Hara  belly                  } key elements of Aikido
Tanden  body center          }
Nage  technique initiate
Uke  attacker


Kamae  preparedness stance
Toitsutai  integrated body

Tenkan  side backward turn
Tenshin  stepping back

one foot = 26 bones, 33 joints

Nenten  torsion / gyration does not require shifting of the feet

Shisei  posture
Koshiita  lower back board

footwear:
  Ashinaka  half-foot scandal
  Geta  wooden clog with a strap between your big toe and the rest
  Waraji  straw sandal
  Kohgake  foot instep goard (worn by Samurai)

Hakama  “pleated pants”
Keikogi  training outfit

Rikisha  ⇒ Namba Aruki (right hand and foot are simultaneously produced)

sitting posture: Bhadrasana posture

Mata wari  complete split
Koshi wari  sumo squat

Makko-ho stretch exercises (part of warm up at Hombu Dojo)

Funakogi Undo
Zagi Kokyu Ho

Taoism:
  Kamitanden (center in brain)
  Chutanden (center in upper body / breast)
  Shimotanden (center in stomach)

Sonkyo (bow and show respect in Sumo)
Suburi  sword swinging

Misogi  purification
“while doing suburi, you are performing Misogi”

Kenkokotsu  shoulder blade
Waki wo shimeru  tightening the armpits   (keep armpits to the cage)

acc. to Jigoro Kana (Judo):
  {nage waza, katame waza, atemi waza, kansetsu waza} categorizes martial arts techniques

Ude garami, Ude Hishigi Jujigatame, Ude Hishigi Udegatame, Ude Hishigi, Hiza Gatame, Ashi garami
  … are Kansetsu waza / osae waza / shime waza

destablize opponent with {Kotegaeshi, Juji Garami, Kosa Nage, Tenbin Nage}

distance of Aikidō: Issoku ittō-no-maai (一足一刀の間合い “one-foot-one-sword distance”) 

Book “Budo training in Aikidō” (Original Aiki Jujutsu Densho ) of April 1934 by O'Sensei
  166 techniques illustrated, 16 are Kubi Shime
  e.g. “Kubi Otoshi”, “Kubi Osae Kokyu Nage”, “Ushiro Kubishime”, “Yokomenuchi”

Kuzushi  destablization
Kumite  grappling
Tsurite  grappling as in Judo (arm length distance or slightly less)
Hikite  grabbing puller's elbow from outside

Sode tori  sleeve grab
Hagai Jime  rear bear hug

Kanai Sensei specifics: Maki Otoshi (rolling drop), Makikomi Otoshi (rolling/wrapping drop), Kata Hiki Otoshi (pull shoulder drop)
Ki no nagare  flow of Ki

 “Be water, my friend.
  Empty your mind.
  Be formless, shapeless, like water.
  You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup.
  You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
  You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
  Now water can flow or it can crash.
  Be water, my friend.”
  (Bruce Lee, brucelee.com)

1. Anticipate the move of the opponent (Sen no sen)
2. Fixation of contact point (Settea Kotei  接点固定)
3. Use of reactionary force of the opponent (Handoryoku no riyou  反動力の利用)
4. Construction of leverage complexes (Fukugo Teko no Kouchiku  複合梃子の構築)

Kokyu Ho  breathing method
Kokyu ryoku  breathing power
Kokyu nage  breathing throw

Gan wo tobasu  “make a challenging eye contact”
Fukushiki Kokyu  abdominal breathing
Kyoushiki   thoracic breathing

4-7-8 breathing exercise:
  • exhale completely through mouth, make whoosh sound
  • inhale through your nose, close mouth, to count of 4
  • hold breath, to count of 7
  • exhale completely through mouth, make whoosh sound, to count of 8
  • inhale
  … in 4 cycles

Kobudo  Ancient Budo
Reiho  manners, etiquette

Ippaku  many sequential moves in one beat (e.g. sword drawing)
Kikubari  attentiveness (where one's sword is, etc)
Kokoro Kubari  mindfulness
Jikyou Jutsu  Japanese method of health exercises