Thank God.īut, boy, I do need to work with people. I don’t need to pin people down, throw them across the room, or disarm them every day. Most students may not understand that Tai Sabaki, one of the most fundamental teachings in Aikido, is probably the most valuable when it comes to putting into practice what we learn on the mat into our daily lives. They both need to do their part, together, in harmony. The student who is doing the technique needs to know his/her role, the student who is attacking has a role as well. These movements can’t happen eloquently unless both parties are on the same page. We are entirely different from our partner, and therefore we separate ourselves from each other. Possibly someone with a different body type, opposite sex, or different age.
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I say it is hard because we are not only learning a technique, we are learning how to work with someone else. Hopefully, both practitioners will be able to train together and perform the technique efficiently. We then learn how to perform this body movement with a partner. Step one: step forward, step two: grab the hand, step three: pivot, etc. There was also a neat article about Tai-Sabaki in this month's Black Belt magazine.Tai Sabaki is a Japanese term used in martial arts commonly translated as “body movement.” If we look at the Kanji, the first one, TAI 体 means “body,” and the second SABA(KI) 捌き means “to handle, to deal with.” Therefore, Tai Sabaki can also mean “body management, or body control.”ĭuring training, we learn techniques by breaking them down into steps. Third, control the opponent's balance and center line.įourth, control technique distance where even slight shifts create gaps where the opponent cannot execute a technique with power or effectiveness but you can cover the distance powerfully and easily.Ĭertainly these seem to be beneficial to any ryu, but the study of Aiki back in the day has made this much easier for me to understand and apply to Chito-ryu today.
Second, movement adds to the momentum and power of the locks and throws common in the Aiki system (much like Chito-ryu's henshu-hos). However, (and I know you specifically asked about ryus, so my apologies if this is misplaced) in my college days I did a lot of Aikido/jitsu and the emphasis on tai-sabaki was huge starting on day one. The idea being the best block is to simply not be where the technique is headed. Sensei has been starting to really emphasize this in our classes lately, especially in sparing. Would your school consider these exercises as kihon, renzuko-waza or something else? Are the expansions on the forms treated as bunkai or just an extension of the form? I was just curious about the prevalence of tai sabaki being taught as a form of its own, whether the concept is just taught within other kata or is it even touched on at all.įellow Chito-Ryu student here, just down here in the states. I think a good example would be to slip a punch in boxing (while simultanaously delivering a cross to the solar plexus). Two qualities are to move no more than necessary and to telegraph it as little as possible (I hesitate to say "wait 'till the last instant" before you move).
In the context of combat, it's intended meaning is to reposition the body to a more advantageous position. As a result we practice it a lot.įor those who don't know the japanese terms, tai sabaki essentially means to reposition the body. In Chito-Ryu we emphasize it as one of the most important qualities from which to consider any technique. I was curious if the other ryu's on the board practice a set of forms for tai sabaki, possibly called the same.
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