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5 Kumi Tachi
Posted on November 2, 2009 | No CommentsThe kumi-tachi (kumi: to unite, group; tachi: sword) refers to advanced partner practice with the sword, encompassing 5 basic forms plus variations. The kumi exercises and their variations are the... -
Ken Awase
Posted on October 27, 2009 | No CommentsThe beginnings of partner practice, the ken awase (ken: sword; awase: to harmonize), or sword blending exercises, are more complex in that they involve combinations of basic movements and they... -
Ki Musubi No Tachi
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No Comments“All Aikido techniques begin with blending movements. Tai-jutsu, the ken and jo techniques all begin with blending movements. This type of movement represents the essence of Aikido. We can learn... -
Happo Giri
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsHappo-giri (ha: eight; po: direction; giri: cut) means an eight-directional cut with the sword (Aiki-ken). Imagine you are performing the happo-giri movements over the centre of an imaginary compass on... -
7 Ken Suburi
Posted on October 12, 2009 | No Comments“Among the basic ken practices left by the founder are the ki-musubi-no-tachi and the 5 kumi-tachi. Since the kumi-tachi are quite complicated, we must learn the basic 7 suburi in...
