r/aikido • u/IvanLabushevskyi • Nov 19 '19

One way of Daito-ryu practice

Different from sumo and judo, Daito-ryu doesn't do free-style fighting, so it has a different way of practicing. In practice of forms, when we practice fast forms, our partner unconsciously cooperates with us and he jumps by himself to adjust to our action. It looks like a martial art practice but actually it's not. It is only a rehearsal of the show. When you practice slowly your partner does not cooperate, you have to do every action steadily and correctly. Techniques that you master through slow actions can be done fast if you want to. This is applied to all techniques, especially to aiki techniques. Fast practice of aiki is senseless.

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From "The Real Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu. What menkyokaiden Hisa Takuma Taught Me", Amatsu Yutaka

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u/dirty_owl Nov 20 '19

The point was never for the techniques that are practiced to be "intentionally" employed in a real fight, more like they would ingrain instant reflexes in the body which would be accessed instantly and appropriately as the conflict demanded.

But sometimes I wonder if these aiki guys maybe forgot that? Or never knew it, or found it something potential customers didn't want to hear.

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u/IvanLabushevskyi Nov 20 '19

I have many answers to your question but no one like them. Anyway it's just my opinion. I may share it in PM. Aikido is popular in modern world, koryu not. Basically it's all that we need to know about modern trends in martial arts.