Aikido Weapons: Kumitachi Exercise Starting in Segon

Video Transcript

"This is another kumitach. This one finishes very similar to the last, very short and sweet. We're going to add a couple of different movements. Miho is going to be the attacker, essentially she's going to come on me, and then I've got to work on that. So, start in segon, tip again, pointing to each others throat, I raise up as if I'm about to attack. At this moment she's actually moving in. She's going to come here and try to cut across my chest, cut across my peck so that way I can't use the arms to do anything. She's going to step all the way across. Here I can't stay, so I'm going to slide straight back, and get my sword back in segon so I can learn how to defend. Once she's there, she's then going to step in towards me, try to do, again a yokomen towards my throat, the side of my head. It's going to be very similar to the last, we're going to step back, do a little chop. She then comes to the other side, I step back, cut straight down, and ski, okay. So the finish is the same as the last. Pretty easy? Let's do it one more time. Okay."