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Thank U. I like these mixed Jo movements, it allows one to experiment.

@Tony_Sargeant And I like the way you experiment these. Strong Aikido pure and simple!

U R very kind

No it is classed as Kokyu-Nage. Only is it a technique when Uke is held/secured in some way by Nage.

Thank you for your kind words.

Glad you enjoyed it! I can't remember where I got the shaking. of the hand blending, but. it works better than one would think.

@@Tony_Sargeant I find this quite amusing and it really demonstrate how good Awase can be. You kept tricking Uke and it made me smile😃

Thank you for asking this. Like him, I teach all levels in seminars, and nowadays, due to a drop in numbers, we have to cover more than most are ready for. As U say, it is a high-level aikido 'Ki-No-Nagari,' He always said that we must train slowly and in time; speed will come, and we should not try to accelerate it. Sadly, most people are in too much of a hurry and do not listen to us teachers. They want to go as fast as possible because they think this is how Aikiod should be done. Iwama-style Aikido should be done slowly, and in fine detail, until the student understands the correct 'Angles' Once this has been achieved, speed will come naturally. I hope this helps?

@@Tony_SargeantMany thanks for your reply, which makes a lot of sense to me. As you say, we like instant results, perhaps as part of our culture and perhaps especially young men who want to feel strong. But this is not how it works, finding the correct angles and moving the body as a coordinated and integrated unit takes time. If we do not take this time, techniques will be sloppy and ineffective.

Thank you.

Yes, U R is one hundred percent correct. We live with our bodies 24/7 and still don't know how to coordinate the parts.

We all need encouragement, but it can led to us to enlarging our 'Ego' if this happens none of us will find O-Sensei's Aikido.

Thank you.

Thanks for visiting

I think the more years we train the more economical our body and footwork becomes, so I agree with you that we change over time.

I love reading your thoughts and I totally agree that when the Dojo was left empty without training the first time back the walls were not just cold but "Empty." Perhaps that is what Aikido does for our soul and body by training, we may be lucky and it gives us that same warmth that we need to touch the 'Soul within.'

But now U have it will be known.

Thank you for watching the films.

Fantastic! If the body allows U to train keep going and the doors of happyness will keep opening.

U have said it all.

Thank U.

Thanks for sharing! It is so wonderful when we finally hear or see that point we have longed for. It happens when we don't expect it and like U I have been thankful to have had a few over my fifty years in Aikido, but like most. Not as many as one would like.

Thank you for your words, and I gree.

Thank you too. I have many more to post. I am glad U R enjoying them.

Thank you too!

I do mis teaching in Russia as the studnets learn so fast it brings joy to watch them advance.

@@Tony_Sargeant Yes, I believe you.

Thank you. i hope you find it helps your training.

U R 'Very welcome" thank U for watching.

Thanks for watching!

If I say it myself I really enjoyed this teaching session, as I felt I was showing Saito senseis art of breaking down the technique would make him happy.n

@@Tony_Sargeant I believe you! Great to see that you faithfully carry his teaching!

Thank you.

I was looking at this form so. many years ago and thought why not post it. Someone. may think it can help them find the way of where they are going, just as it helped me when I most needed it.

@@Tony_Sargeant I hope that it will inspire others too, even if it is only to look for what it was in tai chi that helped you. What is it within tai chi that students miss when on the tatami? The chance to connect properly with themselves, controlling self to the exclusion of attempting to control others. The founder of aikido suggested that we never become the attacker. I sense tai chi teaches this. Let's hope those who watch, will become those, who do.

Love you r words and thought.s on it.

Glad you think so! I. did wonder if to show it as it was so long ago with me teaching Tai-Chi. It changed my aikido thinking for the better.

@@Tony_Sargeant You did an excellent job and I can feel your centre moving not the hands alone or feet. It was very very well interconnected!

Yes, when I. used to perform this, I was in another dimension.

I thank U for watching the films.

Oh so right you are. I try to do my best and as I followed him around the world, I felt I got the best of him. as when I went to Iwama he hardly said anything, yet around the world he knew 'Westerners wanted everything explained." I miss him dearly and he. asked me to keep his and O'Sensei's aikido safe. Like you it is hard when numbers are falling and the. rubbish is gaining.

I thank you, for your words.

Most welcome

All the best

So nice of you

It is great to know that those around the world can benefit from my films and hopefully learn better Aikido.

You're welcome 😊 I hope I can give to everyone who wishes to watch and improve.

You find ways of thinking out load and I hope this will help others to hear what you find within the films. All we can do is give and hope what words do not say the eyes will answer.

@@Tony_Sargeant On my way home from a pub lunch today, I thought again. weapons are there to change the body, so it is said. If we listened to our body we would find out how. Normally, we don't, I didn't. Then through tai chi I found the mechanism to connect whole body and found it applied to aikido, and I had missed that 'connection' for far too many years. Walking in the sunshine, I connected with imagined ken and jo suburis, the whole body connection is there. The weapons are indeed a gift of the great 'secret'. Our fault lies in using the weapons with the external in mind and not the internal connection and control which is freely available ... when you 'know'. Every small discovery I make, brings an excitement, and I look forward to the next. This is why the path is long - all the way to the end. My advice to others would be, find the mechanism of whole body connection, then you will see it in others and understand how they are performing much better. As will you.

We are too busy to listen; we are so busy trying to find the answers that it takes years to slow down and realize we cannot find them by trying. Not many will ever reach that level of understanding, but those who do will like you. Enjoy the ride, walk from the Pub, or just walk freely and let Aikido become the Sun Shining from us rather than to us.

I find it some days better than others. It is a very smooth technique and needs lots of concentration to keep it flowing and Uke under control.

I give all i can in hopes that others will also give their best to Aikidoka, and hope the world will become a better place with us showing love and not to fight.

Thank U for your 'Very kind words.'

A student asked me for help, which made me make the film. As this week has been low for me due to health issues, I thought it possibly the best time to talk about it. Thank U for your words.

Thank you I am glade you like wartching my films.

Thank you.

Glad it was helpful! I am still learning how much we miss even when we are doing it. The answers can hide from us, but I live in hopes that each time I try this way of working I will learn more and open the doors to understanding.

@@Tony_Sargeant Even your reply opens the gates of possibilities, definitely tai chi has allowed me to discover more than when engaged in aikido practise, as there is more time to find the internal connections and engage consciousness. The sense of elbows always going away from you isn't necessarily taught in aikido but makes a huge difference to whole body connection. I'm trying to apply things like this to the aiki jo and ken. I have found it makes it more powerful but with less strength involved. I'm sure this is a useful gate ! But who knows? For elbows going away from you, think morote dori kokyu ho, it is a perfect example. Thank you for all your years of teaching.

I am also convinced that we can change and power to points we wish to stop the Uke and defy angels by thought alone. Somehow my body has the confidence that if i` think of an angle change I am then locked into that position and they cannot move or escape the angle. But I may now be going beyond what. keeps us sane?

@@Tony_Sargeant It makes sense to me, Our consciousness guides our body to carry out that function without the tension of any muscles countering our effort. I find it valuable and interesting because it takes me beyond previous limits, and not because it would assist me in self defence, just the excitement of continual discovery is enough. If you think that is odd, today we looked at pushing people using their skin not their bones. Sounds insane but it actually works. I'll stop there and let someone else have a say. Richard

Makes sense to me, but I am perhaps. 'also Mad'.

Yes, so many want it spelt out for them, but in my opinion, those who have to look and take what they see are the ones who get it deeper inside of them.

@@Tony_Sargeant I agree with you!

Totally agree.

Thank U for watching.

I do nopt quit understand your point. Please send me a link to you showing the Kata with what you consider correct feet and body alignment. As when doing the Kata's one should think of Suburi and not a dance. This is the way Saito sensei taught us and blocks and strikes should be the delivering of these Suburi's. Your point I need to see to comment. I am not saying you are incorrect, just stating my point of view as you are. Thank you for writing in.