春が来て、筍のおいしい季節がきました。そんな噂をしていると、早速、稽古生の一人から筍をいただけるということで、実家に持って帰ると大喜びです。この季節の筍はやはり風味がとても良く、なんとも言えない気持ちのいい渋みと柔らかさがあります。田舎では季節になるとこうして、都会の高級料亭でも得難い体験が味わえてしまう、豊かさの逆転現象が起きるのです。
さて今日の稽古は
遊び稽古
１体操
２クマ歩き、クモ歩き
３膝行
４気合わせ正面打ち一教表
５気合わせ正面打ち入り身投げ
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３受け身
４気合わせ正面打ち入身投げ
５気合わせ正面打ち一教表・裏
６逆半身片手取り一教表
７逆半身片手取り一教裏
８相半身片手取り一教表
９坐技呼吸法
をやりました。本日の稽古は、五級の技と、四級の技の関連がテーマです。なぜ五級でその技をやり、それを発展させて四級にどう応用するのかを説明しながら、いつもとまた違ったポイントに気をつけながら練習をしました。ここで大切なのは、最初から相手を技をかけようとするのではなく、綺麗に相手と協力しながら形を作るような意識で技をすることです。無理やりに技をかけようとする気持ちは技に力みを与えます。合気道では力みは不要です。力まず相手と一つになる感覚で、できること、やるべきことを淡々とやることが上達への道だと思います。
Spring has arrived, and it’s the delicious season for bamboo shoots. Just as I heard rumors about it, one of the members of our practice group kindly offered me some bamboo shoots, which made me very happy to take them home to my family. Bamboo shoots in this season indeed have a wonderful flavor, with a pleasant bitterness and tenderness that’s hard to describe. In the countryside, when the season comes, we can enjoy such rare experiences even in high-end city restaurants, experiencing a reversal of abundance.
Now, here’s the outline of today’s practice:
Playful Practice:
- Warm-up exercises
- Bear walk, spider walk
- Knee walking
- Ki testing – Front strike, First Teaching
- Ki testing – Front strike, Entering throw
Main Practice:
- Aikido warm-up exercises
- Foot movements
- Breakfall techniques
- Ki-awase – Front strike, Entering throw
- Ki-awase – Front strike, First Teaching (front and back)
- Cross grip – First Teaching
- Cross grip – First Teaching (reverse)
- Cross grip – Entering throw
- Seated technique breathing exercises
Today’s practice focused on the connection between techniques from the fifth-grade and fourth-grade levels. We practiced with attention to different points while explaining why certain techniques are done at the fifth-grade level and how they are applied and developed for the fourth-grade level. The important thing here is not to try to apply the technique forcefully from the beginning, but to create the form beautifully while cooperating with the partner. Trying to force a technique creates tension in the technique. In Aikido, tension is unnecessary. I believe that progress in Aikido comes from calmly and steadily doing what we can and should do, with a sense of unity with our partner, without forcing anything.
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