Hands in the center

A principle which will occur in aikido practice has to do with keeping or getting your hands in front of your centerline. One way to practice this concept is boken training. What are the benefits of "hands in the center"?

First of all this principle will allow you to protect your centerline. The centerline contains structures and organs which need to be defended. Head,heart,lungs,groin area etc. Also if you want to use whole body movement during the usage of your hands it will be best to "work" in front of your own center. Different martial arts use this concept.

It's all about protecting yourself while at the same time being able to have strong offensive movements. Following I would like to show you this clip of a Russian martial art called Systema which deals with this concept. Defense and attack at the same time.

 

 

During your own Aikido training try to keep your "hands in the center".

 

Youtube video of the day is Sobue sensei. A student of Yamaguchi shihan.

 

Today's saying:

"UP, DOWN" . Fujita sensei.

Simple explanation of arm movements during aikido training. Think boken strike!

 

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Aikiprinciples introduction

 

This blog will be the start of a series of posts which will help to advance in the study of aikido.

First let me introduce myself. My name is Michel Engelhart, born and raised in Beverwijk, the Netherlands. I'm 43 years old and have been studying Aikido for the last 15 years. Received first dan from an aikikai hombu dojo affiliated club called CABN( member of Aikido Netherlands) in 2009.

Why start a blog?

My training has come to a point where I'm given the opportunity to both teach and train. I've come to an understanding that in order to fully enjoy and "advance" in the practice of Aikido, it's principles are to be studied. This blog will hopefully be informative and useful for readers and myself.

My goal is to post all things concerning Aikido principles and will try to include principles of various other movement based art forms. Chinese internal martial arts are a subject which I try to study and integrate into my Aikido practice.

I' ve created both a Youtube and Facebook account to try to give aikidoists and everyone interested a platform to communicate and study. Obviously I'm not a shihan or high ranked aikidoka but an interested and sincere student of Aikido and it's principles. Therefore I hope to spread this wonderful art form across the globe.

 

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aikiprinciples@gmail.com

 

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