Intermediate Aikido: Shomen Uchi Ikkyo

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Actually, I asked Saotome Sensei and he said although the techniques are very similar, Ikkyo originates from an empty hand technique while Gokyo originated from a sword technique. The position of the hands and the direction ki is projected is different. Some schools HAVE stopped teaching Gokyo and incorperate it into Ikkyo.

Im not a expert on aikido so this is just my humble opinion but if we look on ikkyo in a "real situation", one thing that could happen is that tori/nage slip the ikkyo into a gokyo by acident, in that case i think gokyo-practise would be handy so tori/nage can complete the technique safely.

Just my humble thought.

Wow. That is a huge compliment, and one that I would love to live up to. Thanks for the encouragement followjesus2. I'll be posting more one of these days....

this is a quality teacher. I wish I could get lessons from a teacher like this. Great Aikido teachers are rare in America

Thank you. I have tons more, and will upload when I feel these have been viewed awhile. Take care!!!

I love ya videos all of them very helpful thanx

I see. I have to wonder as to why O'Sensei taught them seperately, knowing that they were very similar. He even seperated them so as to make Gokyo a MORE advanced technique then Ikkyo. In my exprerience, I HAVE found that the omote or entering form of Gokyo tends to be less effective on larger and stronger uke than Ikkyo. I can only wonder.

Just to answer Eayne's question: With Ikkyo, the controling hand grabs with the thumb pointed towards uke's elbow. With Gokyo, the controling hand grabs with the thumb pointed toward Uke's fingers. Also the finnishing pin in Gokyo usually ends in the back of Uke's hand pinned to the floor with his elbow pointed upwards. It is true that some schools have quit teaching Gokyo. My school still teaches it.

Deke, quite honestly, I use ikkyo and gokyo interchangably. I don't even teach gokyo as it's own separate technique anymore. This is a personal preference and one that I see mirrored in much of the aikido community.

just noticed that Thanks! I was looking for one with a direct takedown/ IE: without the tenkan, just Irimi then down

he made two videos about mune tsuki ikkyo jusk click the "more from: kyushoaikiguy" button

i dont wanna doubt your knowledge and i dont really do aikido but i thought gokyo was the actual pin you did with the wrist?

hey Gary can u do a video on Mune Tsuki ikkyo? I'm having trouble working with taller people I seem to end up to far away on the initial takedown...

OSU!

Gary san, isn't that GOKYO? With the controling hand reversed, it is VERY similar to Ikkyo. We use it more often with knife attacks.