Tenkei Aikido Dojo

In aikido, training generally follows the kata training method. In the kata training method, two people train together as partners, each taking a pre-arranged role. In aikido, these roles are uke and nage. For training to be fruitful, a proper understanding of these two roles and their relationship is important.
The role of nage is [...]

But once again we have a fundamental problem. In encouraging this type of tension on the part of the attacker we are developing habits which are extremely bad from a martial point of view. Immovability has no function in the martial arts; it simply creates all sorts of suki, or openings, which the nage can [...]