IRIMI and TENKAN with AIKI AGE, AIKI TENKAN, Minimal Motion | Aikido Seminar Salzburg 2014, p.5

AIKI AGE and AIKI TENKAN: Demonstration with explanations (engl. subtitles) of a minimal motion version of aiki-age, aiki-tenkan combined as part of the irimi and tenkan pattern in gyakuhanmi katatedori. www.tanden-aiki... | / tanden.de - my dojo in Berlin - Tanden Dojo - where I practise and teach inner, principle-based Aikido, Qigong and Meditation:
The video was recorded during Tanden Dojo's annual Aikido Okuden Seminar in Salzburg in 2015. Many thanks to Alexander Ermakov for being uke!
CONTENT
gyakuhanmi katatedori, kokyu ( 呼吸, kokyo) ho
1. Timing of "giving hands"
2. Uke-Tori relationship
3. Aiki-Age, Aiki-Tenkan
4. Using whole body in minimal motion
IRIMI
Irimi (入り身), in aikido and Japanese martial arts, is the act of entering straight into an attacking movement, as opposed to the transforming movement of tenkan. The basic version of irimi usually looks like a step forward, straight or at an angle. It usually ends with the body facing the attacker, rather than in the direction of the step. Timing is critical in entering with irimi. Tori needs to move in the very moment of the attack or even himself initiate it.