What Is An Aikido Technique?

Aikido describes a Japanese martial art which was founded by a Japanese martial arts expert named Ueshiba Morihei

. The name Aikido is derived from the Japanese words ai meaning unity or harmony, ki meaning vital breath or energy and do meaning way. This type of martial arts concentrates on managing vital energy (ki) in the abdominal region of the body in order to conquer the enemy.

The art of aikido focuses on attacking a challenger through particular nerves which when pressed can overcome the opponent without the risk of causing death. Aikido is centered mainly around two groups of movements: movements of control (katame-waza) and movements in which the enemy is thrown (nage-waza). These two groups include more than seven hundred various moves most of which are derived from kata. Kata describes movements to release oneself from an opponents grasp, exerting pressure on the limbs to throw the challenger on the ground and to stop the enemy from moving. These movements are the ground movements that form the self defense strategies of aikido.

Aikido emphasizes achieving harmony among ki and tai (the body). To accomplish this, an exercise is performed to extend the ki. Attention is placed on the stomach in an attempt to feel the energy breath of the body emerging through the arms. The goal is to find energy between movements and breath while understanding to maintain it. Training is very vital in aikido and so too is focus.

Aikido can be pleasurable and demand a lot of control but one must learn to utilize the different techniques. As a matter of fact, the distinction between triumph and failure most often is determined by the accurate execution of the techniques. The success of the techniques relies on a calm and relaxed body, clear mind and proper positioning.

The basic movements that should be taught in aikido are proper footwork, rolling, falling and basic exercises. Pertaining to techniques, there are four chief areas of focus: Stances, Footworks, Attacks and Throws.

1. Stances

A stance refers to position with or without a weapon. A strong physical posture works along with a strong mental attitude. The basic stance is the Mutual Stance where the uke (individual who gets hit or thrown) and the nage (person who hits or throws) both have the exact foot forward. Next is the middle position where the fighters hands or weapon is positioned with the persons body. Another posture is the lower position stance where the hands or the weapon is lowered.

2. Footworks

The first is the Entering Footwork where the fighter enters the space of the opponents body. The fighter must place himself in such a way that enemy is forced to stop attacking. Physically it refers to entering in a way to avoid attack. Mentally it refers to penetrating a fierce attack.

3. Attacks

Grabs and holds are the key strikes. Grabs are classified as collar grabs, shoulder grab, elbow grab, cross-hand grab and strike to the head. Also in this category are neck strangle, hits to the chest, abdomen or to the top of the head. Straight punch, rear choke and striking the side of the head also falls under attacks.

4. Throws

Throws are not simple calls for much energy from the nuke and the sage. The key throws are bending drop throw, entering throw, arm-entwining throw, rotary throw, breath throw, hip throw, writ turn-out throw as well as others.

There are many more techniques to use to provide complete protection and are based on these primary techniques. The aikido movements were utilized by American actor Steven Segal in his movies Above the law and Hard to Kill.

by: sadie.backhurst

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