This is an example of atemi used when the partner resists during irimi-nage. Atemi is often translated as “striking vital points,” and refers to techniques that strike, hit, or kick the opponent’s vulnerable points. In the video, I used the word “tricks(?)” to match the Shorts format, but the purpose is not simply to force the technique through or to injure the opponent’s body. The purpose is to disrupt the opponent’s structure and center, and to restore the flow of the waza.

I think martial arts training follows a different direction from typical weight training. I believe the difference lies in the “position of the weight.” Weight training deals with weight close to the body, while martial arts deals with weight farther away from the body, in my view. Therefore, I think martial arts require training to control centrifugal force and full-body coordination. Heavy bokken, Indian clubs, macebells and kettlebells are tools that, in my opinion, direct

In this video, Aikido Samsungdang covers tenkanhō (転換法, turning method), a kata for learning how to connect with your partner. We have been practicing it with more focus recently, and we see it as a training method for developing musubi (結び). Tenkanhō is also referred to as tai no henkō (体の変更) or tai no henka (体の変化). To be honest, I did not work on tenkanhō very often in the past. However, through traveling back and forth to Japan, I came to reflect more deeply on the meaning