Kokyunage Tenkan from Ryotedori

Video Transcript

"Man, you see this technique in a lot of Aikido. You see it in the movies, you see it in every video that's made. And the reason, it's fast, it's quick, and it's a great technique. If you want to learn how to deal with multiple attackers, this is one of the best techniques you can do. Ryote Munedori Kokyunage, with Tenkan. As they come to push, understanding again that we have to control this line. The way I control this, is to split the energy. Remember Tenchinage, one up and one down, that's what I do. As I come here, I catch the elbows, see that? And then I turn with it. So basically, all of his energy that's coming straight at me, I let it continue right past me, and give it a little help with gravity, by cutting out of the line. Like that. So it's very simple. One more time. And again. There are tons of different variations of where your hands go, let me show you a couple. You can go inside, inside. Some people come outside, inside. And what I mean is this. As this arm comes here, I cut this down, and cut this up, let me show you what that looks like. One, two. I love this version also, I do it a lot. You can go both hands inside. Here, here. And you can also change this, from up one up, and then down. More like the Hiji Otoshi. One more time. Up, down."