Technical sophistication and simplicity translate into high-efficiency of movement. Your pedagogical method has no parallel. Outstanding work. Thank you!
a wonderful example of how it is those small, unseen things that make a technique work or not and if it works makes it work better. Some of these things are very difficult to explain somethimes. I am glad I found this video.
The principles Shibata sensei is sharing here are foundational. When these principles are incorporated everything else works correctly. Without them...nothing will work correctly. Thank you very, very much, Shibata sensei!
As a practitioner of Chinese internal martial arts, I must say your instructional video clips on Aikido and Aikijutsu are most definitely the best I've ever seen. The body mechanics demonstrated in this particular footage is also the essential basics of Chen Taiji's silk-reeling energy, but explained and shown in a very clear fashion. I hope your students understand how valuable this material is, and how lucky they are to be able to learn from a teacher like you, Shibata san!
Since Aikido was the very first martial art I learned, I also have a lot of respect for Japanese budo/Koryu Jujitsu, especially Daito Ryu and its internal mechanics. It's always fascinating to see how similar ideas and principles are expressed and applied differently in Chinese and Japanese internal arts. By the way, if you don't mind, could we continue this conversation via private messages here on RU-vid? There are some demonstrations by various masters of Chinese arts that I would like to show you.
Hello sensei, I just sent you a message but realized that the messenger on RU-vid is a little difficult to use. Please feel free to contact me at gaobagua@hotmail.com at your convenience if you prefer using email. Thank you! Sincerely, Steve
Yes, Bagua is my main art, but I've also studied Taiji and Fujian White Crane (福建鶴拳) under several different teachers in Taiwan. I started learning Bagua 15 years ago because I wasn't satisfied with the "Aiki-less" Aikido I was learning in America, and felt that there were similarities between Aikido and Bagua.
I feel the same way too. It might explain why post-war Aikido became much more circular after Ueshiba's return from Manchuria. The area around Manchuria in northern China is also the place where Bagua was widely practiced. By the way, here is a demonstration by a Taiwanese Bagua teacher. Would you consider what he is showing as a type of "aiki"? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--hZ4HxOJ7I4.html
In Chinese internal arts, we usually uproot and repel the opponent, whereas in Daito Ryu you seem to prefer to maintain the connection to control and throw the opponent down. But like you said, the principles and body mechanics are basically the same. Here is another demonstration by a Taiwanese Shaolin teacher and his Canadian student showing the "aiki age" and "aiki sage" energies hidden within a simply 気功 exercise at the 7:30 mark: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OdE9X5c1A44.html
Ah! I just got a lecture on youtube about wu sao from respected sensei. He said that wu sao must always be pointedat opponent so that you can always have control anytime. I don't understand by his explanation but he shows the movement. It works for him but I still can't relate. But from your explanation I become understand cause I also do sword training and is more understandable than showing using hands. Thank a lot. I think all martial art have same root of understanding, just how the way they use it or explain it which differs.
Sensei, you are always talking about kokyu :) Your videos are really very instructive. My dojo name is also koyku. We are training in Mersin / TURKEY. Thank you for sharing.
Hi sir been watching a lot of your videos and very good my teacher does very similar things to you he's a 4th Dan chief instructor of freestyle hapkido he's been doing it for 20 years and teaching for around 12 years I think aikido and hapkido are very much alike has they originated from daito Ryu akikijujitsu if I'm not mistaken I'm only 13 years old but my teacher learns me a lot regarding the history
The idea is that you turn from the thighs and upper arms rather than tensing the forearm to rotate, so it's stronger and harder for uke to know where it is coming from so harder to know how to resist it. It's also critical to establish a vertical axis and connection/engagement with uke or you'll just turn without affecting uke's body. It's quite challenging but pretty impressive when you feel someone who can actually do it.
