I need to connect with them, lead them, sometimes re-direct their direction, and blend with them in order to not collapse and cause chaos. Day.Įvery day I need to react to other people’s body movement. Thank God.īut, boy, I do need to work with people. I don’t need to pin people down, throw them across the room, or disarm them every day. Most students may not understand that Tai Sabaki, one of the most fundamental teachings in Aikido, is probably the most valuable when it comes to putting into practice what we learn on the mat into our daily lives. They both need to do their part, together, in harmony. The student who is doing the technique needs to know his/her role, the student who is attacking has a role as well. These movements can’t happen eloquently unless both parties are on the same page. We are entirely different from our partner, and therefore we separate ourselves from each other. Possibly someone with a different body type, opposite sex, or different age.
#ENSHIN TAI SABAKI HOW TO#
I say it is hard because we are not only learning a technique, we are learning how to work with someone else. Hopefully, both practitioners will be able to train together and perform the technique efficiently. We then learn how to perform this body movement with a partner.
Step one: step forward, step two: grab the hand, step three: pivot, etc. Tai Sabaki is a Japanese term used in martial arts commonly translated as “body movement.” If we look at the Kanji, the first one, TAI 体 means “body,” and the second SABA(KI) 捌き means “to handle, to deal with.” Therefore, Tai Sabaki can also mean “body management, or body control.”ĭuring training, we learn techniques by breaking them down into steps.
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