四十肩なるものが世の中には存在する。それは４０歳代になるとどんな人にもなる可能性のある整形疾患だ。何が原因とかはよくわからないが、なるときはなる。私の優秀な合気道の同朋も今それを患い、もう半年以上経つ気がする。なった人ならばわかるが、そう、簡単には治らない。とても悲しい。合気道は呼吸が大切だ。ストレッチをするとき深く息を吐きながら伸ばしていくように、体の開閉、伸縮に合わせて深く呼吸をする。それにより体の気がゴムのように伸び縮みして、熟練者の合気道がゴムのように柔らかいのはそのせいだ。しかし怪我は気を乱す。伸び縮みを阻害して、痛みが呼吸を乱す。技をする人は相手の怪我がわかれば、それ以外の方法を選び、できれば痛くない方法で気を練る稽古ができれば理想だ。相手の怪我を攻めることは合気道において全く逆効果となる。
遊び稽古
１体操
２杖になれる
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３受け身
４逆半身片手取り回転投げストレッチ
５逆半身片手取り一教表
６逆半身片手取り四方投げ表
７逆半身片手取り横崩し呼吸投げ
８逆半身片手取り二教裏
９逆半身片手取り四方投げ裏
１０多人数取り横崩し呼吸投げ
呼吸と気、呼吸と合気道、深い繋がりがある。大きな状態と小さな状態、開いた体と閉じた体、先人たちが考えた体の伸縮とねじれを呼吸とともに使う練習を繰り返すと、あんなに息切れしていた稽古が少しずつ息切れしなくなっていく。とても面白い感覚だ。
There is a condition known as frozen shoulder. It is a common orthopedic problem that can affect almost anyone in their forties. The exact cause is not always clear, but when it comes, it comes. One of my talented fellow aikido practitioners is suffering from it now, and it feels as though it has already been more than six months. Anyone who has experienced it knows the truth: it does not heal quickly. It is a frustrating and often discouraging condition.
Breathing is essential in aikido. Just as we exhale deeply while stretching, we coordinate our breath with the opening and closing, expanding and contracting of the body. Through this process, ki seems to stretch and compress like a rubber band. Perhaps this is one reason why the aikido of experienced practitioners appears so soft and flexible.
Injury, however, disrupts this flow. It interferes with the body’s natural expansion and contraction, and pain disturbs the breath. When we know that our training partner is injured, it is important to choose another approach. Ideally, we should find ways to cultivate ki and continue training without causing unnecessary pain. In aikido, attacking an injury is completely counterproductive.
Warm-up Practice
- Exercises
- Becoming familiar with the jo
Main Practice
- Aiki exercises
- Footwork
- Ukemi
- Gyakuhanmi katate-dori kaiten-nage stretch
- Gyakuhanmi katate-dori ikkyo omote
- Gyakuhanmi katate-dori shiho-nage omote
- Gyakuhanmi katate-dori yokokuzushi kokyu-nage
- Gyakuhanmi katate-dori nikyo ura
- Gyakuhanmi katate-dori shiho-nage ura
- Multiple-attacker yokokuzushi kokyu-nage
Breath and ki, breath and aikido—there is a profound connection between them. As we repeatedly practice coordinating breath with the body’s expansion, contraction, and twisting movements developed by those who came before us, something interesting begins to happen. Training sessions that once left us completely out of breath gradually become easier. The body changes. The breathing changes.
It is a subtle transformation, but a fascinating one.
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