STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO

STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO – Sunday 26th June, 2016
For this morning’s session in attendance were five of us including our guest from Brazil,
Carlos Andre Yamada Machado. He is a student of Sensei Roberto Chrysostomo in Brazil.
More often, he attends twice a week to train with Sensei Ingmar in Leiden, Netherlands.
Andre studied Aikido with Eddy briefly in the past and is not related to Yamada Sensei. :-)
After our warming up, which included Ayumi Ashi and Tsugi Ashi drills, we looked at opening
and closing actions when applied to our five basic hand blade movements. We began by
looking at finer details in the solo exercises then doing them in pairs and following the Sotai
Dosa sequence.
"OPENING, CLOSING, FINGERS AND THUMBS"
Outside Turn is performed by first closing the body the opening the body. The thumb leads
the hand action.
Inside Turn is performed by first opening the body then closing the body. The little finger
leads the hand action and must not be the thumb.
Inside Sweep is performed by first closing the body then opening the body then closing
again while doing Tsugi Ashi. This must not be interpreted as opening and closing the armpit. The little finger always leads the hand action.
Outside Sweep is performed by first opening the body and then closing the body. The little
finger leads the hand action.
Major or Big Circle is performed by first closing the body, the thumb leads the front hand
action as the arm closes towards the body. With the rear hand the little finger leads the
hand action.
In performing the movement, the little finger of the front hand leads the hand action as the
arm makes Tegatana. Simultaneously the little finger of the rear hand leads the hand action.
As the whole movement is completed the body opens.
We looked at Jodan Kuzushi and how the opening and closing of the body affected these
movements.
It was a stimulating session which caused some confusion at first in when to open the body
and when to close the body.
And in the afternoon
some Belgium culture
and a celebration of the
30 year singing career of
Gina's singing teacher
and Countertenor, Peter
Ickx.
The concert, held
at
“SintMichielskerk”
Church in Antwerp,
began
at
3pm
ending at around
6pm with Peter
joining a Zumba
dance group with a
display of one of
his hidden talents
and passions.
Afterwards it was, "Party time". . .
Several of us went to Lamorinierestraat, an exclusive part of Antwerp located within the
Jewish community.
What a fantastic event. With over 90 people attending we had an opportunity to meet and
talk with some very interesting guests whilst constantly being fed and "watered" with some of
Antwerp's finest wine, beer and luxurious nibbles. With the sunny warm late afternoon
weather some younger guests decided to go swimming in the large garden pool whilst most
of us listened to Jazz music piped from the converted Coach House situated at the end of
the amply sized garden.
We arrived home by midnight merry and slightly drunk!
What a way to finish the Study Group sessions and to start a short summer break until we
resume again in the autumn.
And finally our Thanks extend to Eddy and Gina for a culturally stimulating weekend.
MORE STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO SESSIONS . . .
21Aug2016 Workshop in the park with Eddy Wolput
“Yoyogi” Antwerp
https://www.facebook.com/yoyogiantwerp/
02-04Sep2016 Workshop by the Sea, Margate with Adrian Tyndale
5th ETAN Open European Club Championship
17-18Sep2016 Almussafes with Eddy Wolput
07-09Oct2016 Antwerp with Eddy Wolput
11-13Nov2016 Almussafes with Eddy Wolput
09-11Dec2016 Antwerp with Eddy Wolput
STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO - Tradition and Knowledge
Chief Instructors/Examiners Study Group Tomiki Aikido
Eddy Wolput
7th Dan (JAA) - JAA-Shihan
Frits van Gulick
7th Dan (JAA) - JAA-Shihan
Yoshiomi Inoue
7th Dan (JAA) - JAA Senior Instructor
Instructors/Examiners Study Group Tomiki Aikido
Adrian Tyndale
6th Dan (JAA/BAA) - JAA-Shihan Dai - International Silver Medallist
Gina De Weerdt
5th Dan (JAA) - JAA-Shihan Dai - former European Kata Champion
Koos de Graaff
5th Dan (JAA)
Mike Thraves
5th Dan (JAA) - JAA-Shihan Dai
Pierre Alain Zeiter
4th Dan (JAA) - JAA-Shihan Dai
For those who are “Facebook-less” we have an alternative way of communicating our
studies via:
STUDY GROUP TOMIKI AIKIDO - Wikispaces
https://study-group-tomiki-aikido.wikispaces.com/
For archived Study Group Tomiki Aikido reports please see:
http://www.aikidouk.co.uk/study-group-reports.htm