Aikido Weapons: Jodori Disarming Side Entry Throw

Video Transcript

"This is kind of to demonstrate that it doesn't matter what weapon is coming at you, whether it's a knife, a jo, like the 5 foot staff, or a sword, or if it's an empty handed attack, whether it's a grab or a strike, any technique that we've got in Aikido can be applied to whatever situation. So we're going to go back and do the same technique, but reapply to a jo. Last time we did sokumen Iriminage with the knife takeaway, this time we're going to do a little bit more basic Jodori, or jo takeaway. So again, Sokumen Iriminage. Daniel is just going to come in with the ski. As he does, obviously I need to get off line. I want to tap, keeping, one, start with my hands as far apart, then put one on his hand, get in as deep as you can, and then I want to slide in, and get my other hand over the top. Face the same direction, bring this up, and stretch both my arms out. So if Daniel tsukis on this side, I want to enter, see if I can get in as deep as I can, keep this over the top, raise up, stretch the arms. It's really the hips turning at the very end that does it. Traditionally we would, again place the jo on the ground and then walk through, or walk away. So for a test, nice and clean. Next would be an Uda. So that one was very direct, okay. Maybe we come in and we can't push; tenkan, cut down, then re-enter. So as he comes in get to the outside, maybe I can't go this way, tuck and twist, when you find space, again stretch. Again, if he's doing a regular punch, technique would look very similar, nice and easy, and through, okay. It's the exact same technique even with the ski. Same thing, we're going to get off line, turn, and cut. Okay."