Wednesday 7 September 2022

Tomi atemi and otoshi waza

 

The atemi of Tomiki aikido are not strikes the way atemi are in JJ - they are another form of throw/projection/takedown.

Shomen ate
Aigamae ate
Gyaku gamae ate
Gedan ate
Ushiro ate

the second two link to irimi nage
the fourth links to TC mane push



These techniques are a lot like dumog in that they are done on the stiff arm and not the joint and are projections

mae otoshi
sumi otoshi - corner drop
hiko otoshi

if you take shiho nage as a base techniques, these form a nice "what if" sequence

then if we consider yonkyo to be a 4th "aiki dumog" technique, we have a set of 5 to practice