Aikido: 8 Course Strike Nikkyo
Nikkyo is typically practiced against a grab. My guess is that if someone grabbed me it would be a grab and stab. A grab might be used by a big attacker to dominate a smaller weaker victim. In the Dojo's I grew up in Nikkyo was usually used as a wrist break to inflict pain. Another way is to use the Nikkyo to break structure. We typically use Nikkyo to take a weapon away from someone attacking us as shown. For us the most common use of Nikkyo is when we are attacking and someone tries to grab or parry the attack. As far as I know any art that deals with weapon attacks practices countering parries and grabs. An advantage of leading is that very few people understand leading and when they hear about leading they do not believe in leading. This prevents them from learning to defend leading. I have a video showing the weapon taking used and there will be another one soon. At • Aikido: 8 Course Strike Nikkyo I said that Nage was attacking with the weapon and Uke used Nikkyo for defense. It should be that Nage was attacking with the weapon and Nage used the Nikkyo to counter Uke grabbing or parrying the weapon for defense.
These techniques look very simple and in a sense they are, but they are not easy to learn. When doing these Nage barely touches Uke and the throws seem like magic. Most people explain them in magical terms but we think it is better to describe them as reflex control. Because the people learning the technique cannot feel what is making them fall it is difficult to learn. If you have a partner and you are trying to learn to do these feel free to contact me at the email address below. At this time I will be happy to work with you.
You can contact us at [email protected]. Subscribe to this channel to get notification of more videos on this topic.