Following I will present a video of Sobue shihan where a lot of principles used by Yamaguchi sensei can be observed. Some of the things I notice are:
- His stance often resembles a stance used in Wu Tai Chi Chuan. It looks something like this:
Back is straight, but not always upright. This builds a good ground connection.
- Arms are relaxed and he uses natural arcs of movement as seen in normal walking.
- Good "listening" skills.
- No awkward strength, uses structure of his body to connect to uke.
- Arms are used as "feelers" and connectors to achieve center to center contact.
- Sword like movements can easily be observed.
- Flows nicely from standing into sitting practice.
- No signs of aggression or rushing the movements.
Yamaguchi sensei has several students who are active in Aikido today. Endo, Yamashima, Tissier and Sobue are the ones I am currently studying.
Enjoy practice.
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