I learnt a new word 'doddling' or 'dawdling': To move slowly, languidly, saunter. To waste time, to idle. I liked this video with its variations on kokyunage. Interesting what you say about pointing center to center at the moment of connection. Also of interest is to try to get uke to stick to you and fall without that. I seem to have discovered how, even on parallel lines. I know it's not the fashion these days but I asked 'the old man Ueshiba' and the answer came in a dream... I have been doing aikido since the age of three (or in utero, if you ask my Mum who was teaching aikido to the Japanese riot police while pregnant). Like you, I was Matti's friend. I'm sorry he's gone.
I learnt a new word 'doddling' or 'dawdling': To move slowly, languidly, saunter. To waste time, to idle. I liked this video with its variations on kokyunage. Interesting what you say about pointing center to center at the moment of connection. Also of interest is to try to get uke to stick to you and fall without that. I seem to have discovered how, even on parallel lines. I know it's not the fashion these days but I asked 'the old man Ueshiba' and the answer came in a dream... I have been doing aikido since the age of three (or in utero, if you ask my Mum who was teaching aikido to the Japanese riot police while pregnant). Like you, I was Matti's friend. I'm sorry he's gone.