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Summary: Learn how to do the Kate Dori Kokyu Ho Ura Japanese aikido technique in this free martial arts training and instruction video for beginners.
Ralph Reyes is an Aikido instructor at Chi Martial Arts in Miami Shores, FL. He holds a 3rd degree black belt in Aikido and is part of the Misasagi Kai Federation. He has been...read more
" 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. Okay we just finished showing you the omote version of kate dori kokyu ho. Now we are going to show you the tenkan version, which is moving from behind. Again they stand in gaiku hanmi, same foot out. He is going to step in, irimi, toe to toe. Then he is going to tenkan, and he is going to drive his elbow to his face. We are going to cover that again, he is grabbing his wrist, he is going to step in and he is going to tenkan, not moving from behind but the front, and he is going to throw the opponent by driving his elbow to his face. In real time it should look like this."
eHow Article: Kate Dori Kokyu Ho Ura Japanese Aikido Techniques