STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO – Friday 15th May, 2015
Today we were joined by members from Bulgaria, Spain, Switzerland and England UK.
We looked at in some detail the position and placement of the leading foot in terms of the
overall stability of the whole body.
This evolved into the idea of gripping the mat with the feet, rather like the TomTom
Navigator windscreen fixing.
This concept also applies to the shape of the "Cupped" hand when locating with the chin (in
this case) of your partner.
This clearly also applies to the elbow and other areas/joints of your partner.
We used the combination of Outside Turn and Inside Sweep to form a pair orientated
exercise, which stimulated whole body movement, giving and receiving etc.
In this reciprocal study opportunities for Oshitaoshi and Kotegashi soon evolved.
Some study of soft-touch was explored when applied to Shomenate and Gyakugamaeate.
Afterwards a small celebration for
Ria Buyck reaching the fine age of
**.
More Study Group sessions Saturday and Sunday.
STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO – Saturday 16th May, 2015
We started our session at 2.00pm with Kiko exercises and continued with pair exercises
based around Outside Turn and Inside Sweep.
This led us to make a start on Junanahon Ura Waza techniques. Some interesting ideas
evolved as we focused on their depth and not so much on the Choreography.
We finished early so that we could spend time commemorating the life of Christian
Gaddam, a Study Group member who died suddenly recently.
OBITUARY FROM DIRK RAEMDONCK
CHRISTIAN GADDUM (1957 – 2015)
* 5th Dan Kyokushinkai Karate Shihan
* Chairman of the European Kyokushinkai Karate Tezuka Group (EKTG)
* 4th Dan Tomiki Aikido JAA and member of Shobukai Tomiki Aikido Antwerp
* 1st Dan Judo
Christian lived & studied in Japan
Kyokushinkai Karate under the
founder Masutatsu Oyama as an
Uchideshi, Tomiki Aikido at the
Waseda University under Shihan
Professor Fumiaki Shishida and
Okinawa Uechi Ryu Karate in Tokyo
under Master Isamu Uehara.
He practised and studied throughout
his life Jujitsu, Judo, Karate, Tomiki
Aikido, Boxing, Wrestling, Tenshin
Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, Muso
Shinden Ryu Jodo, Yoseikan Aiki-
Jujitsu, Kobudo, Kendo and probably
many more Martial Arts.
RIP my close friend,
You will be deeply missed.
REMEMBERING CHRISTIAN BY FUMIAKI SHISHIDA SHIHAN
I am glad to know that you organized a
memorial service for him Eddy.
Yoko and I talked a lot last night
remembering our memory with him in
Tokyo.
We thought that he behaved
magnificently not be troubled us when he
was with us.
In fact, he was a very kind person, so he
was liked by everyone he met.
Old ladies liked him very much so they
hired him as an English instructor.
They also asked private things to him, like
changing the light bulb.
One day, he told us happily that they thanked him very much and payed 10000 yen for his effort.
We miss him.
Fuzan
Afterwards we all went for a meal at Den Tir Restaurant Antwerp.
More Study Group sessions Sunday.
STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO – Sunday 17th May, 2015
STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO Sunday 17th May 2015
We started the session at 10.00am with Kiko exercises and with detailed explanations.
Once more we worked on our pair exercise using Outside Turn and Inside Sweep. The focus
this morning was about both participants stretching in a complementary way.
This conveniently led us to the solo exercise of Inside Sweep Turn, a sequence omitted from
the currently preferred Tegatana Doza movements.
Here the stretching of the body is important in order to effectively turn under the raised
hand.
This solo exercise is fundamental to the final two techniques of the Junanahon Ura Waza.
We continued to study these at length, reinforcing various important elements.
Push through the body not just at the point of contact.
To demonstrate this principle one partner opened their arms in a "crucifix" position whilst
the other pushed through the shoulder line. If the focus is on the point of contact (the
hand), the resistance to movement is greater than if the focus is on the opposite hand. It is
as if there is an internal line through the arm, shoulders and arm to the farthest hand. The
mind must focus on the distant hand and not on the touched hand.
Finally we looked at the presentation.
Grasp the movement, not the posture!
To understand this is important as the two approaching players make physical contact.
There must be no delay to allow the posture to settle.
Congratulations Nadja Van Sandt on reaching brown belt at the Study Group Grading this
weekend!
Well deserved.
STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO – Monday 18th May, 2015
UDE GARAMI Not the basic way of Ude Garami / Ude Hineri https://vimeo.com/128059956
FLOWING EXERCISE Using Sotai Doza continuous movement https://vimeo.com/128078905
IAIDO CLASS – Adrian’s first with Hakama!
STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO – Tuesday 19th May, 2015
An extra session with some fine tuning of Sweeps & Turns both solo and in pairs.
MORE STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO SESSIONS . . .
19 - 21JUN2015 with Eddy Wolput in Antwerp, BELGIUM 04 – 07AUG2015 with Eddy Wolput & Yoshiomi Inoue in SWITZERLAND 11 – 11SEP2015 with Eddy Wolput in Antwerp, BELGIUM 16 – 16OCT2015 with Eddy Wolput in Antwerp, BELGIUM 13 - 15NOV2015 with Eddy Wolput in Almussafes, SPAIN 11 – 13DEC2015 with Eddy Wolput in Antwerp, BELGIUM
STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO - Tradition and Knowledge
Chief Instructors/Examiners Study Group Tomiki Aikido Eddy Wolput 7th Dan (JAA) - JAA-Shihan Frits van Gulick 7th Dan (JAA) - JAA-Shihan Yoshiomi Inoue 7th Dan (JAA) - JAA Senior Instructor
Instructors/Examiners Study Group Tomiki Aikido Adrian Tyndale 6th Dan (JAA) International Silver Medallist Gina De Weerdt 5th Dan (JAA) former European Kata Champion Koos de Graaff 5th Dan (JAA) Mike Thraves 4th Dan (JAA) Pierre Alain Zeiter 4th Dan (JAA) Gitte Wolput 3rd Dan (JAA) former World & European Champion
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