TECHNIQUES
THE TERM “TECHNIQUE” REFERS TO A MOVEMENT OR SERIES OF MOVEMENTS WHICH ARE USED TO DISABLE AN ATTACKER, AND THEN A TECHNIQUE IS THEN DEFINED AS MOVEMENTS THAT “WORK”. WITHIN AIKIDO AND JU-JUTSU MANY OF THE TECHNIQUES ARE THE SAME OR VERY SIMILAR BUT IT IS THE WAY IN WHICH THE TECHNIQUE IS APPLIED IN DIFFERENT. FLOWING TECHNIQUES AND COMBINATIONS, SACRIFICE TECHNIQUES, THIS REFERS TO A SET OF TECHNIQUES, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEY ARE THROWS IN WHICH NAGE (THE DEFENDER) TAKES HIMSELF OFF BALANCE, PUTS HIMSELF TO THE FLOOR, DRAW UKI’S (THE ATTACKERS) WEIGHT/BALANCE TOWARDS AND ON TOP OF HIM/HER AND THROWS HIMSELF FIRST IN ORDER TO TAKE HIS/HER OPPONENT DOWN TO THE GROUND. WEAPONS TECHNIQUES, WITHIN THE FRATURNITY LEG & FOOT THROWS - ASHI WAZA ASHI-GURUMA - LEG WHEEL DE-ASHI-BARAI - ADVANCED FOOT SWEEP HIZA-GURUMA - KNEE WHEEL HARAI-TSURIKOMI-ASHI - SWEEPING DRAWING (LIFT-PULL) ANKLE KOUCHI-GAESHI - KOUCHI (MINOR INNER REAPING) COUNTER KOSOTO-GAKE - MINOR OUTER HOOK KOSOTO-GARI - MINOR OUTER REAPING/SWEEP KOUCHI-GARI - MINOR INNER REAPING/SWEEP KOUCHI-MAKIKOMI - MINOR INNER WINDING KOUCHI-OTOSHI - MINOR INNER DROP OGURUMA - MAJOR WHEEL OKURI-ASHI-BARAI - DOUBLE FOOT SWEEP OSOTO-GAESHI - O-SOTO COUNTER OSOTO-GARI - MAJOR OUTER REAPING/SWEEP OSOTO-GURUMA - MAJOR OUTER WHEEL OSOTO-MAKIKOMI - MAJOR OUTER WINDING OSOTO-OTOSHI - MAJOR OUTER DROP OUCHI-GAESHI - MAJOR INNER/OUCHI COUNTER OUCHI-GARI - MAJOR INNER REAPING SASHE-TSURI-KOMI-ASHI - PROPPING DRAWING ANKLE TSUBAME-GAESHI - SWALLOW DIP COUNTER UCHIMATA - INNER THIGH UCHIMATA-GAESHI - INNER THIGH/UCHIMATA COUNTER DAKI-AGE - HUG LIFT GYAKA-GAMA - REVERSE SICKLE HASAMI-GAESHI - SCISSORS TURNOVER KAWAZA-GAKE - FROG HOOK KE-AGE - KICK LIFT KE-KAESHI - KICK TURNOVER KEN-KEN-UCHIMATA - HOPPING INNER THIGH KIBISU-GAESHI - HEEL TRIP KUSABI-DOME - WEDGE STOP/INNER THIGH YAMA-ARASHI - MOUNTAIN STORM SHOULDER, ARM & WRIST THROWS - NAGE WAZA SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES WILL ALSO AND CAN BE APPLIED OT THE FOOT, ANKLE AND LEG ERI-SEOI-NAGE - COLLAR SHOULDER THROW IPPON-SEOI-NAGE - ONE ARM SHOULDER THROW HIJI-OTOSHI - ELBOW DROP KATA-ASHI-DORI - SINGLE LEG GRAB KATA-GURUMA - SHOULDER WHEEL KIBISU-GAESHI - HEEL TRIP KUCHIKI-TAOSHI - PUSHING THE ROTTEN TREE (SIMILAR TO MOROTE-GARI - DOUBLE LEG GRAB MOROTE-SEOI-OTOSHI - TWO HANDED SHOULDER DROP MOROTE-SEOINAGE - TWO HANDED SHOULDER THROW RYO-ASHI-DORI - DOUBLE LEG GRAB SEOI-NAGE - FOUR DIRECTIONAL SHOULDER THROW ( ALSO GENERIC TERM) SEOI-GOSHI - SHOULDER HIP THROW SEOI-OTOSHI - SHOULDER DROP SUKUI-NAGE - SCOOP THROW SUMI-OTOSHI - CORNER DROP TAI-OTOSHI - BODY DROP TE-GURUMA - HAND WHEEL UCHIMATA-SUKASHI - UCHIMATA SIDESTEP UKI-OTOSHI - FLOATING DROP FURI-NAGE - FLIP THROW GANSEKI-OTOSHI - ROCK DROP HIKI-OTOSHI - PULL DROP HIZA-SEOI - KNEELING SHOULDER KATA-ERI-SEOI - SINGLE LAPEL SHOULDER THROW KATA-SODE-SEOI-NAGE - SINGLE SLEEVE SHOULDER THROW KIN-TSUKAMI - TESTICLE GRAB KURUMA-GAESHI - WHEEL TURN KUKI-NAGE - AIR THROW WAKI-OTOSHI - ARMPIT DROP SEOI-MAKIKOMI - WINDING SHOULDER THROW SOTO-MAKIKOMI - OUTSIDE WINDING USHIRO-GURUMA - REAR WHEEL TENCHI-NAGE - HEAVEN & EARTH THROW KOKYU-NAGE - POWER BREATH THROW IRIMI-NAGE - ENTERING THROW KAITEN-NAGE - ROTARY THROW HIP & BODY THROWS - KOSHI WAZA HANE-GOSHI - SPRING HIP HANE-GOSHI-GAESHI - SPRING HIP COUNTER HANE-MAKIKOMI - WINDING SPRING HIP HARAI-GOSHI - SWEEPING HIP HARAI-GOSHI -GAESHI - SWEEPING HIP COUNTER HARAI-MAKIKOMI - WINDING SWEEPING HIP KOSHI-GURUMA - HIP WHEEL KUBI-NAGE - NECK HIP THROW OGOSHI - MAJOR HIP THROW SODE-TSURI-KOMI-GOSHI - SLEEVE LIFT-PULL HIP TSURI-GOSHI - FISHING HIP THROW TSURI-KOMI-GOSHI - DRAWING HIP THROW UKI-GOSHI - FLOATING HIP THROW USHIRO-GOSHI - REAR HIP THROW KO-TSURI-GOSHI - MINOR FISHING HIP TOBI-GOSHI - JUMPING HIP AIKI OTOSHI - REVERSE HIP THROW SACRIFICE THROWS - DAKI-SUTEMI - HUG SACRIFICE DAKI-WAKARE - HUG SEPERATION SUMI-GAESHI - CORNER THROW TANI-OTOSHI - VALLEY DROP TOMOE-NAGE - STOMACK THROW UDE-GAESHI - ARM ROLL UKI-WAZA - FLOATING THROW URA-NAGE - REAR THROW YOKO-GAKE - SIDE HOOK YOKO-GURUMA - SIDE WHEEL YOKO-OTOSHI - SIDE DROP YOKO-TOMOE NAGE - SIDE STOMACH THROW YOKO-WAKARE - SIDE SEPERATION HIKIKOMI-GAESHI - ROLLING TAKE DOWN KANI-BASAMI - CRAB SCISSORS TAWARA-GAESHI - RICE BAIL HOLD-DOWNS - OSAEKOMI-WAZA KAMI-SANGAKU-GATAME - UPPER TRIANGULAR HOLD KAMI-SHIHO-GATAME - UPPER FOUR QUARTERS KATA-GATAME - SHOULDER HOLDING KATA-OSAE-GATAME - SHOULDER TRAP HOLD KESA-GATAME - SCARF HOLD KUZURE-KAMI-SHIHO-GATAME - BROKEN UPPER FOUR QUARTERS KUZURE-KESA-GATAME - BROKEN SCARF HOLD MAKURA-KESA-GATAME - PILLOW SCARF HOLD MUNE-GATAME - CHEST HOLD TATE-SHIHO-GATAME - LENGTHWISE FOUR QUARTERS HOLD USHIRO-KESA-GATAME - REVERSE SCARF HOLD YOKO-SHIRO-GATAME - SIDE FOUR QUARTERS HOLD STRANGLES - SHIME-WAZA GYAKU-JUJI-JIME - REVERSE CROSS STRANGLE HADAKA-JIME - NAKED STRANGLE ARM & WRIST LOCKS MOST LOCK THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THE WRIST, ELBOW AND ARWM CAN ALSO BE APPLIED TO THE FOOT, ANKLE AND LEG. THIS ALSO INCLUDES SOME OF THE THROW FROM THEWRIST AND ARM IKKYO - FIRST PRINCIPLE APPLICATION NIKYO - SECOND PRINCIPLE APPILACTION SANKYO - THIRD PRINCIPLE APPLICATION YONKYO - FOURTH PRINCIPLE APPLICATION GOKYO - KOTE-GAESHI - OUTWARD WRIST SPIN (WRIST REVERSE) ASHI-GURUMA - LEG ARM LOCK HARA-GATAME - STOMACH ARM LOCK HIZA-GATAME - KNEE ARM LOCK JUJI-GATAME - CROSS ARM LOCK KANNUKI-GATAME - BOLT ARM LOCK KESA-ASHI-GATAME - SCAFT HOLD ARM LOCK UDE-GARAMI - ENTANGLED ARM LOCK UDE-GATAME - ARM LOCK UDE-KUJIKI - ARM BREAK WAKI-GATAME - ARMPIT LOCK ATTACKS GRABS KATATE-DORI - ONE HAND GRABBING ONE HAND/WRIST MOROTE-DORI - TWO HANDS GRABBING ONE HAND /WRIST KATA-DORI - SHOULDER GRAB MUNE-DORI - ONE OR TWO HANDED LAPEL GRAB HIJI-DORI - ELBOW GRAB RYOUTE-DORI - TWO HANDS GRABBING TWO HANDS/WRISTS RYOU-KATA-DORI - GRABBING BOTH SHUOULDERS RYOU-HIJI-DORI - GRABBING BOTH ELBOWS USHIRO-TEKUBI-DORI - SINGLE WRIST GRAB FROM BEHIND USHIRO-RYOTE-DORI - TWO HANDS GRABBING TWO HANDS FROM BEHIND USHIRO-RYOU-KATE-DORI - GRABBING BOTH SHOULDERS FROM BEHIND USHIRO-KUBI-SHIME - CHOKE FROM BEHIND PUNCHES AND STRIKES SHOMEN-UCHI - OVERHEAD STRIKE TO THE HEAD DOWN THE CENTER LINE OF THE BODY YOKOMEN-UCHI - DIANGONAL STRIKE TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD/NECK CHUDAN-TSUKI (MUNE-TSUKI) - STRAIGHT THRUST/PUNCH TO THE CHEST JODAN-TSUKI (MEN-TSUKI) - STRAIGHT THRUST/PUNCH TO THE FACE/HEAD GEDAN-TSUKI - STRAIGHT THRUST/PUNCH TO LOWER BODY AREA KATA-DORI-MEN-UCHI - SHOULDER GRAB AND PUCH TO THE FACE ATEMI - STRIKE TO VITAL AREA , THIS CAN BE ANY TYPE OF STRIKE (GENERIC TERM) KICKS MAE-GERI - FRONT KICK YOKO-GERI - SIDE KICK MAWASHI-GERI - ROUNDHOUSE KICK GENERAL & OTHER TERMS TENKAN - RECEIVING/BLENDING IRIMI - ENTERING OMOTE - ENTERING URA - RECEIVING AI HAMNI - NATURAL STANCE/POSITION, UKE AND NAGE HAVE LEFT FOOT FORWARD/ UKE GRABS NAGE LEFT HAND/WRIST WITH HIS/HER LEFT HAND, I.E. UKE AND NAGE MIRROR EACH OTHERS STANCE GYAKU HAMNI - REVERSE STANCE/POSITION, UKE AND NAGE HAVE OPPOSITE FEET FORWARD ONE LEFT FORWARD AND THE OTHER RIGHT FORWARD, THIS ALSO AGAIN APPLIES TO HAND/WRIST GRABS ONE LEFT AND THE OTHER RIGHT HAND FORWARD. ONEGAI- SHIMASU - “I WELCOME YOU TO TRAIN” OR “I MAKE A REQUEST”, THIS IS SAID TO ONE PARTNER/OPPONENT PRIOR TO COMMENCING PRACTICE/TRAINING. DOMO-ARIGATO-GOZAIMASHITA - JAPANESE RESPECTFUL TERM FOR “THANK YOU VERY MUCH”. SAID AT THE END OF EACH CLASS DURING THE REI, TO THE INSTRUCTOR AND OTHER STUDENTS TO THANK THEM FOR TRAINING WITH YOU AND TO THE INSTRUCTOR FOR TEACHING YOU.
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