“An Aikido practice that builds the partner.
An Aikido practice that crashes the partner.
An Aikido practice in which both the partner and me become alive.”
What kind of Aikido practice do you prefer?
Falling down is part of our everyday life. People lose their balance all the time, not only in Aikido practice: It may happen while walking
Suganuma Sensei wrote in his notebook: At the end of keiko (practice) while practicing Kokyuho, my partner told me: "Sensei, your body is like a rock".
As we know, while we practice Aikido, we switch roles continuously, and half the time our role is that of “Uke”, meaning we accept the technique. Even though we spend 50 percent of the time in this role, there are hardly any texts explaining the essence of it.