Researching Youtube video's I encountered this very interesting clip of Benedetti sensei. Although quite a "long" clip for today's standards there are a lot of Aikido principles to be seen and learned. The aspect I like most about his Aikido would be the use of "lazy" movement. Relaxation used in a way that's very interesting to me.
Few points to study:
- Uses warmup swings in his Aikido practice.
- Walking is used as basics for Aikido, natural movement?
- Small hip movements coordinate with hand movements.
- Hands in the center and use of body axis.
- Upright small stance which I like.
- "You forget walking...". When tori tries to force a technique.
These are just teaching moments from the first 10 minutes of this clip, so enjoy and study...
Stéphane lives in Barcelona and teaches Aikido across Europe. He brings his inimitable Corsican style and his superb understanding of Aikido to every encounter. "Aikido is scientific laziness - and laziness must be very precise, not sloppy!"
Born in 1951, Stéphane Benedetti started judo when he was five and discovered aikido in 1966 under the direction of Asai Katsuaki Shihan during judo training in Germany. The meeting with Nakazono and Tamura Shihan in the same year proved decisive.
Enjoy practice.
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