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Aikido Technique: Overhead Attack & Wrist Pin

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Summary: Pinning the wrist in aikido is a technique that defends overhead attacks and gives great maneuverability to the defender. Practice aikido wrist techniques with a third-degree black belt in this free video on aikido.

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By Dr. Jeff Albright
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"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

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"So shuminigi, ikkyo all the way down in tenikkyo, or essentially what we had just done. This comes through, grab our wrist. As he comes up, we step back keeping this end tight and cut all the way through and down. Using this hand, the hand that has got his wrist, we're going to curl that into his elbow. Then we turn our hips, roll him around. So shuminigi, ikkiyo all the way down, and slides and grabs your own wrist. Can't keep this straight, it doesn't do anything. So we need to bring his fist, his wrist towards his head, and we may even touch the elbow towards our chest. Once we do that, we can step back and cut down, all the way through, keeping the wrist here, this wrist tight, you can tweak that a little bit, and you can rotate a little bit. Okay."

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