Happy Valentine's Day. I hope that everyone that reads this is spending time enjoying the company of those you love.
This last Saturday Sensei taught us Happo-giri, The eight directions cut.
In the practice of AikidÅ, happo-giri (or happo-no-giri) is an exercise performed with the bokken, cutting in eight directions. Each cut is a simple strike from the top of the head straight down the centre line, with the bokken ending parallel to the floor at roughly the same height as the lower abdomen. The order of the strikes is north, south, east, west, southeast, northwest, southwest, northeast, finally returning - without performing a ninth cut - to the original position (north).
The main purpose of happo-giri is to teach how to control one's surroundings while maintaining proper stance or kamae, by moving around one's centre.
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Hey everyone! Its Triston! Grandpa its been forever and man i miss all of you guys! lets see well as you guys know im married now and have a beautiful son named Noah who is a handful! Ive been workin as a computer forensic investigator, finishing up my degree and finally everything is finishing up! I miss grappling soo much! True story :
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