Posted by: MarkStokmans
Defensive techniques against kicks... - 01/05/09 03:52 AM
Hello, I am new to this forum so perhaps I am bringing in a subject which already has been covered. I scanned all thread subjects however and could not find anyone dealing with the question I would like to pose to you:
For the past 4 years I have been working on integrating basic kicking forms (mae-geri and mawashi-geri) into Aikido and coming u with suitable defensive forms (keri-waza). This goals was brought on by my breif stints of jiu-jitsu and muay thai training. I found if very peculiar that kicking was not a part of aikido curriculum. It is such a basic form of attack that any art pretending to be a martial art IMHO should realise that legs are effective weapons. During the course of this "study" I talked and corresponded to many aikido to figure out why keri-waza was ignored.
The result of this study has been a book Aikido, Keri-waza which I wrote and which deals with not only a theoretical and technical background but with a number of techniques. Now most people think I had to invent new techniques but actually the basic aikido techniques (slightly adapted to a leg attack) were sifficient.
I would like to ask members of this forum what kind of experience they have with kick attacks in their aikido training: if they have experience, how that is for them, if they miss it, etcetera.
Mark
For the past 4 years I have been working on integrating basic kicking forms (mae-geri and mawashi-geri) into Aikido and coming u with suitable defensive forms (keri-waza). This goals was brought on by my breif stints of jiu-jitsu and muay thai training. I found if very peculiar that kicking was not a part of aikido curriculum. It is such a basic form of attack that any art pretending to be a martial art IMHO should realise that legs are effective weapons. During the course of this "study" I talked and corresponded to many aikido to figure out why keri-waza was ignored.
The result of this study has been a book Aikido, Keri-waza which I wrote and which deals with not only a theoretical and technical background but with a number of techniques. Now most people think I had to invent new techniques but actually the basic aikido techniques (slightly adapted to a leg attack) were sifficient.
I would like to ask members of this forum what kind of experience they have with kick attacks in their aikido training: if they have experience, how that is for them, if they miss it, etcetera.
Mark