10/11/08 was my 4th Aikido session at Mokuren Dojo. We began the class with brush-off practice. We went over the two “templates” of movements used in the KiHara system. One comes off the Nijusan #1 off-balance/evasion, the other off the #2 off-balance/evasion.
Things for me to remember:
1) Let uke dictate when the direction changes and what techniques happen.
2) the push to the chin is not just a strike, but can also be a brush-off motion.
3) Instead of coming to an abrupt stop at the last step, step to the side and let that motion eat the leftover energy.
We discussed some fundamental weaknesses to be aware of with the brush-off:
1) an attacker can run faster forward than you can backward.
2) Moving backward is risky (can’t see, may trip over unseen objects, etc).
We played with uke doing unexpected things to tori, and tori having to either brush-off or find a technique if a brush-off was not possible.
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