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Summary: In Aikido martial arts Shomen Uchi is an overhead strike defense. Learn tips on how to do this move quickly and effectively from an Aikido expert in this free video clip.
"Okay, in the last section, as he struck down, I parried here and entered straight in. Well there are times and situations where that's just not going to work. Maybe another person's coming to attack, because like I told you before, we always assume multiple attackers. So in this situation, as he strikes, I redirect him down and around. Let me show you how I've done that, one, cut, take his head to your chest, up and then down. I've shown the twenty year technique before, so we'll just go through this. Right here, that's it right there."