Sayu Undo

Video Transcript

"All right, we've looked at Tenkon Undo, we've looked at Funuko Undo, now we're going to look at Sayu Undo. I always remember Sayu Undo like to the side, OK? Your hands start out to the right, my lower hand, or my left hand will be down by my center, my right hand will be extended, not locked, but has a nice gentle curve to it. My eyes are always forward, my body is relaxed, I'm moving from my center. On the count of one, it's very simple. Drop your hands. There's not much more to it than that. So when I drop my hands, I use this momentum to bring my hips to the side, all the way over. Two, one. Two, one. Two. When you sink down into the second posture, let all the weight gather on the underside of your arms, the underside of your hands, and sink down into this like you're just sinking into Earth. One, two. One, two. One, two. Three, four. Now I'll show you how you can use this technique. If someone grabs you, say the opposite side, I can step in, keeping this hand low, which is how we demonstrate it by keeping it low to your center. This hand comes up, up, up, up, up, over and down. Again. One, two. Here. They grab, step across, up, up, up and down. Notice the hips. Although it looks like you're doing it with your arms, you're not. You're doing it with your center. My center drops to cut his body out from underneath him."