Kate Dori Kokyu Ho Omote Japanese Aikido Techniques

Video Transcript

" On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Ralph Reyes. I'm the Dojo-cho and the aikido instructor at Chi Martial Arts in Miami Shores, Florida. Today we are going to learn beginner's techniques in aikido. Now our next exercise is called kokyu ho, and it's a continuation of tai no tenkan, which we just covered. On this side he is going to grab his wrist. Now basically Nage is going to move it forward to the front, but not in front of the attacker, standing parallel to him and moving with the elbow to the face, thus throwing his opponent. Stepping out. One more time. He comes in. Here there's an off balancing as he pulls his arm out, and then he steps in, bringing the elbow to his face and pushing. And to show it to you in real time, here is how it looks."