Aikido Shomen Uchi: Hiji Otoshi Tenkan

Video Transcript

"Okay, all in the same lines, as she strikes here, remember, don't block this, deflect it. As I do this tenkan motion, instead of coming here like I did in ikkyo, now I'm just going to target the elbow. One, two. Assemble hiji otoshi for ukenagashi. A little faster. There's another way I like to do this. As the strike comes down, rather than do ukenagashi, I tenkan out of the way. I kind of use this double hand, one, to protect me and to get out of the way with. It slides down, catches right under the talon, don't have to do anything fancy at all. Turn, enter. One more time. Faster."