夜の水曜日の江田島町はなんか活気があって、江田島じゃないみたいな表情を見せてくれます。まあそこも優しく包み込む江田島がなんか懐の深い島に感じます。この日は江田島市武道館での稽古です。この日の内容は
１ 合気体操
２ 後ろ受け身
３ 前受け身
４ すり足の鍛錬
５ 体の転換（一人から逆半身片手取りで組んで）
６ 片手持ち（逆半身片手取り）四方投げ
７ 転身足（横面打ちの動きに合わせて）
８ 横面打ち四方投げ
をしました。初めての打ち技で横面打ちをしてみました。合気道の演武を見る時、後ろ両手取りや横面打ちの技は円の動きがわかりやすく、非常に綺麗に見えます。相手の攻撃に動きを合わせて足を捌き、少し硬い稽古のように一つ一つ順を追って動くように思える片手四方投げも、横面打ちで流れですると円の動きが綺麗に見えます。なかなかすぐには難しいですが、少しずつなれてくる感覚は楽しいと思います。合気道はいろいろな技がありますが、大切なことは自分の軸がブレずに、重心をコントロールして、相手の重心をうまく奪うことで、少ない力で、大きな力を動かすことができることを感じていただけたらと思います。そのために正しい足捌きを学んでいるのです。楽しいなぁ合気道。
On Wednesday nights, Etajimacho has a lively atmosphere that makes it seem like it’s not even Etajima. Nonetheless, it still feels like a warm and embracing place, giving off the feeling of a deep and comforting island. On this day, there was practice at the Etajima City Martial Arts Hall. The contents of the practice were:
- Aikido exercises
- Back falls
- Front falls
- Sliding footwork training
- Body transitions (practiced alone and practiced with a partner in reverse half-body single-hand grasping)
- Single-hand grasp (reverse half-body single-hand grasping) shihonage omote
- Turning footwork (in response to lateral strikes)
- Lateral strikes shihonage omote
I tried lateral strikes for the first time in striking techniques. When watching an Aikido demonstration, techniques like back-hand grasping or lateral strikes have easily understood circular movements and look very beautiful. Throwing a partner with a single-hand four-corner throw, moving one step at a time in what seems like a somewhat rigid practice, while matching the partner’s attack and maneuvering one’s legs, also looks beautiful with circular movements when done smoothly in lateral strikes. It’s not easy to do right away, but I think the sensation of gradually getting used to it is enjoyable. Although Aikido has many techniques, the important thing is to feel that with proper footwork, one can control their own axis and center of gravity, and can cleverly take control of their partner’s center of gravity with minimal force, moving with great force. That’s why we’re learning the proper footwork. Aikido is so much fun.
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