Weapons taking. Tachi dori – kote gaeshi. Some Important points are: Keep your backhand out of the way of the sword cut – or you may end up with broken fingers – or less fingers if it’s a live blade. Kote gaeshi comes from ken. Think weapons while throwing. You need to perform utemi to […]
Iwama Ryu Aikido Weapons techniques
13 Jo Kata and 13 Jo Awase
Saito Sensei shows the 13 Jo Kata and the Awase – which is broken into parts to practice effectively.
Tanto Dori (knife taking)
Morihiro Saito Sensei demonstrates a range of knife taking techniques
Jo Dori
Saito Sensei demonstrates a range of Jo taking techniques. Translation by Pat Hendicks Sensei
Jo Suburi
Saito Sensei demonstrates the 20 Jo suburi.
Kumi Tachi 1–5
Two videos if saito sensei demonstrating kumi tachi.
31 Jo Kata
In this video Saito Sensei demonstrates the 31 Jo Kata
Aiki-Ken Suburi 1–7
Theses two videos of Saito Sensei show the 7 boken suburi.
Kumi jo
Saito Sensei demonstrates the Kumi Jo partner practice