Summary: Practice aikido by doing a step and cut up warm-up technique. Step and cut up in aikido with tips from a third-degree black belt in this free video on martial arts weapons.
"Sensei" Jeff Albright has been practicing martial arts for more than 20 years. He holds a 3rd degree black belt in Aikido, black belts in Karate and Iaido (a.k.a. Samurai sword), and...read more
"Let's switch it a little bit. So now we'll step and cut up. Step and cut up. O.k. Figure eight and bottom south. Just try to loosen up the hips and the wrist. There you go. There you go. You should have at least one fist in between, one fist length between each of the hands. There you go. Right."
eHow Article: Aikido Weapons: Step & Cut Up