Years of observing Japanese Aikido teachers revealed surprising lessons about timing, posture, zanshin, and why expert practitioners often seem to move less while accomplishing more.
This is one of my absolute favorite videos of Takeda Shihan's demos. It was filmed before I arrived in Japan in 1987. I'm guessing it would have been filmed in the late 70's or early 80's.
As it relates to our study of body alignment here on this website, it's fascinating and impressive to see h...
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