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Usually, Aikido techniques are carried out as a defense against an attack between partners during studying. It must be remembered that due to their dangerous nature, that they cannot be performed on non willing or unexperienced people. Some Aikido techniques can be lethal if not carried out carefully by both willing partners.
Many of the strikes (打ち, uchi?) of aikido are often said to resemble cuts from a sword or other grasped object, which may suggest origins in techniques intended for armed combat. Other techniques, which appear to explicitly be punches (tsuki), are also practiced as thrusts with a knife or sword. Kicks are generally reserved for upper-level variations, the reason for this is because falls from kicks are dangerous and were very uncommon on historic Japanese combat.
Basic Aikido Techniques
Some of the basic Aikido technqiues are as follows:
* Front-of-the-head strike (正面打ち, shōmen'uchi) a vertical knifehand strike to the head (it is pictured right).
* Side-of-the-head strike (横面打ち, yokomen'uchi) a diagonal knifehand strike to the side of the head or neck.
* Chest thrust (胸突き, mune-tsuki) a punch to the torso. Specific targets include the chest, abdomen, and solar plexus. Same as "middle-level thrust" (中段突き, chūdan-tsuki), and "direct thrust" (直突き, choku-tsuki).
* Face thrust (顔面突き, ganmen-tsuki) a punch to the face. Same as "upper-level thrust" (上段突き, jōdan-tsuki). Beginners in particular often practice techniques from grabs, both because they are safer and because it is easier to feel the energy and lines of force of a hold than a strike. Some grabs are historically derived from being held while trying to draw a weapon; a technique could then be used to free oneself and immobilize or strike the attacker who is grabbing the defender.[2] The following are examples of some basic grabs:
* Single-hand grab (片手取り, katate-dori?) one hand grabs one wrist. * Both-hands grab (諸手取り, morote-dori?) both hands grab one wrist.
* Both-hands grab (両手取り, ryōte-dori) both hands grab both wrists. Same as "double single-handed grab" (両片手取り, ryōkatate-dori).
* Shoulder grab (肩取り, kata-dori) a shoulder grab. "Both-shoulders-grab" is ryōkata-dori (両肩取り)
* Chest grab (胸取り, mune-dori) grabbing the (clothing of the) chest. Same as "collar grab" (襟取り, eri-dori). [edit] Basic techniques Diagram of ikkyō, or "first technique". Yonkyō has a similar mechanism of action, although the upper hand grips the forearm rather than the elbow. The following are a sample of the basic or widely practiced throws and pins. The precise terminology for some may vary between organisations and styles, so what follows are the terms used by the Aikikai Foundation. Note that despite the names of the first five techniques listed, they are not universally taught in numeric order.[25]
* First technique (一教, ikkyō) a control using one hand on the elbow and one hand near the wrist which leverages uke to the ground.[26] This grip also applies pressure into the ulnar nerve at the wrist.
* Second technique (二教, nikyō) a pronating wristlock that torques the arm and applies painful nerve pressure. (There is an adductive wristlock or Z-lock in ura version.)
* Third technique (三教, sankyō) a rotational wristlock that directs upward-spiraling tension throughout the arm, elbow and shoulder.
* Fourth technique (四教, yonkyō) a shoulder control similar to ikkyō, but with both hands gripping the forearm. The knuckles (from the palm side) are applied to the recipient's radial nerve against the periosteum of the forearm bone.
* Fifth technique (五教, gokyō) visually similar to ikkyō, but with an inverted grip of the wrist, medial rotation of the arm and shoulder, and downward pressure on the elbow. Common in knife and other weapon take-aways.
* Four-direction throw (四方投げ, shihōnage) The hand is folded back past the shoulder, locking the shoulder joint.
* Forearm return (小手返し, kotegaeshi) a supinating wristlock-throw that stretches the extensor digitorum.
* Breath throw (呼吸投げ, kokyūnage) a loosely used term for various types of mechanically unrelated techniques, although they generally do not use joint locks like other techniques.
* Entering throw (入身投げ, iriminage) throws in which nage moves through the space occupied by uke. The classic form superficially resembles a "clothesline" technique.
* Heaven-and-earth throw (天地投げ, tenchinage) beginning with ryōte-dori; moving forward, nage sweeps one hand low ("earth") and the other high ("heaven"), which unbalances uke so that he or she easily topples over.
* Hip throw (腰投げ, koshinage) aikido's version of the hip throw. Nage drops his or her hips lower than those of uke, then flips uke over the resultant fulcrum.
* Figure-ten throw (十字投げ, jūjinage) or figure-ten entanglement (十字絡み, jūjigarami) a throw that locks the arms against each other (The kanji for "10" is a cross-shape: 十).[29]
* Rotary throw (回転投げ, kaitennage) nage sweeps the arm back until it locks the shoulder joint, then uses forward pressure to throw.
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